Various: Danish Wind Octet (Da Capo Audio CD)

WIND OCTETS
Terje Aadne, french horn
Piet Castillo, french horn
Danish Wind Octet
Klaus Frederiksen, bassoon
Henrik Goldschmidt, oboe
Jesper Helmuth Madsen, clarinet
Lee Morgan, clarinet
Klas Sjöblom, oboe
Aksel Kaare Trige, bassoon

Asger Lund Christiansen, composer
Lars Graugaard, composer
Herman D. Koppel, composer
Svend S. Schultz, composer
Sven Erik Werner, composer

About
Herman D. Koppel, Svend S. Schutz and Asger Lund Christiansen represent the oldest generation in contemporary Danish music, sharing a stylistic point of departure in the Neoclassicism of the period between the two World Wars. Sven Erik Werner belongs to the middle generation and was influenced by the Polish avantgarde of the sixties.
Belonging to the youngest generation, Lars Graugaard is notable for experiments that transgress the boundaries of musical cenvention.

Reviews
this very well performed and recorded batch of Danish wind octets is idiomatic, transparent and likeable music (American Record Guide)

Credits
Recorded in Copenhagen on 20 January, 20 March and 10 April 1994

Recording producer: Peter Hanke
Sound engineer: Eyvind Rafn, DigiSound
"Divertimento" recorded at Danmarks Radio, Studio 2, on 18 October 1991
Recording producer: Peter Hanke
Sound engineer: Jan Oldrup
Editing engineer: Lars Palsig

Cover painting: Hagedorn Olsen: "Påskeoptog i Verona" (1964)

This CD has been recorded in cooperation with Danmarks Radio