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Thomas Jensen Legacy, Vol. 14

7/24/2022, 23 Tracks, 2:37:45

Featuring

  • Thomas Jensen
  • Holger Gilbert-Jespersen
  • Carla Henius
  • Wandy Tworek
  • DR SymfoniOrkestret
  • Tivoli Concert Hall Orchestra
  • Ole Schmidt
  • Vagn Holmboe
  • Gunnar Berg
  • Niels Viggo Bentzon
  • Carl August Nielsen
  • Hans Werner Henze
  • Arthur Honegger
  • Sergei Prokofiev

Did you know?

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Performer Biography

Thomas Jensen, the conductor, studied with Carl Nielsen at the Royal Danish Conservatoire of Music.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

The recording of Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2 has several gaps due to inexpert lacquer switching during the original 78 RPM recording process.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

The Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Jensen, gained international attention with performances at the 1950 Edinburgh Festival and a 1952 US tour.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Honegger's Symphony No. 5 'Di tre re' ends each movement with 'three Ds' on soft strings and timpani, which refers to the note D.

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

This album, 'The Thomas Jensen Legacy, Volume 14', features previously unpublished broadcasts of 20th-century music.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Vagn Holmboe, a Danish composer, described his 'metamorphic' compositional technique as transforming musical material without it losing its fundamental identity.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Thomas Jensen, the conductor, founded the Aarhus Civic Orchestra in January 1935.

Source: Booklet

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