VAGN HOLMBOE
Chamber Concertos Vol. 1
Danish Radio Sinfonietta
Mikkel Futtrup
Hannu Koivula
Niels Thomsen
Anne Øland
Eva Østergaard

Vagn Holmboe, composer

About
The spirit of folk culture plays an important role in the music of Vagn Holmboe. As was the case with Béla Bartók, folkloristic atudies have here contributed significantly to the compositional process. Holmboe is the most influential Danish composer of the generation after Carl Nielsen and his large output includes twelfe symphonies, chamber concertos, and a longs series of extremely fine string quartets.

Reviews
"The performances are all excellent" ***** (CD Classic)

"The disc adds substantially to our knowledge of a composer whose achievement comes to seem ever more indispensable" ***** (BBC Music)

"A marvellous issue" (Gramophone)

Credits
Recorded at the Danish Radio Studio 2, on 8-12 June and 4-7 September 1996

Recording producer: Peter Willemoës
Sound engineer: Peter Bo Nielsen
Project manager: Tatjana Kandel
Publishers: Edition Wilhelm Hansen, member of KODA, Denmark (Nos. 1 and 3), Edition Samfundet (No. 2)

Cover picture: Richard Mortensen: "Komposition. Opus 14, no. 2" (1949)

This CD has been recorded in cooperation with Danmarks Radio