Iberian Organ Music

Goldberg Variations

Piano Concertos

Cello Concertos

Instrumental Concertos

Music for Viola

Complete Piano Works

Piano Sonatas, vol. 1

Duos Op. 102, Trio Op. 119

Complete Piano Works, vol. 4

Denmark has produced quite a few world class cellists and Henrik Brendstrup is among the very best of them. The rave reviews for the earlier releases of Brendstrup (KPT32007 Mendelssohn/Complete Cello Works, KPT32026 Chopin/Works for Cello and Piano and KPT32088 Peter Heise/ Complete Cello Sonatas) include “ Voici un disque tout à fait remarquable....superbe!” from the French DIAPASON which gave Brendstrup’s debut CD the seal of “Diapason d’Or”. Here with the cello works by Gubaidulina, Brendstrup shows his powerful “contemporary” side. The solo pieces on this CD constitute the only complete collection available presently.

Complete Piano Works, vol. 6

Complete Piano Works, vol. 1

Per Nørgård is arguably the most celebrated Danish composer today, who is the recipient of the prestigious Sonning Prize this year. Nørgård’s works have been the important part of the repertoire of LINensemble (whose very name was taken from Nørgård’s trio work “LIN”). This CD is a culmination of the long-standing close collaboration between the composer and the ensemble.

This release completes the highly acclaimed Nielsen symphony series performed by Odense Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maestro Edward Serov. All six symphonies are supplemented by smaller orchestral works which were rarely recorded or premier recordings. The recordings took place over the three year period from 1993 - 1995 in Odense. Earlier releases: 32157 Symphony 1, 32178 Symphony 2, 32203 Symphony 3, 32193 Symphony 4, 32171 Symphony 5.

Harpsichord Music

Oboe Concerto, Le Bourgeois Ge

Harp Concertoes

One of Europe’s most sought after pianist Homero Francesch (b. 1947 in Montevideo, Uruguay) has made a series of recordings for Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft for which he was awarded the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis of 1978. In 1991 Francesch performed all of Mozart’s sonatas in several recitals and recorded them for Kontrapunkt (KPT 32092/96). In the same year he also performed and recorded all 27 piano concertos with Orchestre Philharmonic de Nice for Kontrapunkt.

Symphony 1

Boris Godunov

Denmark’s leading pianist Amalie Malling was born in Germany of Danish parents. She started to play piano at the age of 6. In 1961 she moved to Denmark with her family and continued her study with composer/pianist Herman D. Koppel. Amalie graduated from the Hannover Conservatory of Music in Germany and studied further with Alfred Brendel. In 1972 she won the first prize in the Scandinavian Piano Competition. This is her first Kontrapunkt recording.

Friedrich Kuhlau wrote numerous works for flutes, many of which remained to this date “popular” repertoire among professional and amateur performers. In 19XX Danish leading flautist Toke Lund Christiansen recorded the firstof his Kuhlau series “Works for 3 and 4 flutes” (32050) with his famous Kuhlau Quartet. On this his fifth Kuhlau release, Toke Lund Christiansen presents a collection of rarely heard of works by the master of flute music .

The Danish folk ballad in its classical form is an epic medieval poem with a lyrical refrain, transmitted in oral tradition, most likely started in the 13th century. All the folk ballads in this collection have been set for four mixed voices a cappella, and represent Danish composers throughout more than a hundred and fifty years. Canzone Vocal Ensemble’s earlier releases include very popular “The Danish Song Treasury” series (Vol. 1 Kontrapunkt 32073, Vol. 2 Kontrapunkt 32130, Vol. 3 Kontrapunkt 32155 and Vol. 4 Kontrapunkt 32230)

This fourth release of the Nielsen symphony series includes the first recording of At The Bier Of A Young Artist (Andante lamentoso) in orchestral version. Odense Symphony Orchestra has recently finished recording a hitherto unknown Nielsen orchestral work called “Dyrehave musikken” which we plan to release later this year.