Johannes Brahms, an agnostic of Protestant upbringing, compiled texts for his German Requiem to offer comfort to the bereaved, calling it a 'Requiem for the living'.
Recording & Production
The Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto recording on this album was made in October 1949, during a week when the orchestra was also rehearsing and performing Beethoven's Eighth Symphony and Brahms's Violin Concerto.
Performer Biography
Thomas Jensen, the conductor for this album, was a solo cellist before becoming a conductor, playing in the Tivoli Symphony Orchestra in Copenhagen.
Performer Biography
Thomas Jensen was offered the permanent conductor position for the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra in 1957, but he was already suffering from progressive deafness.
Recording & Production
The Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, featured on this album, went on an ambitious tour of the US in 1952, performing 39 concerts in 38 cities over 47 days.
Performer Biography
Thomas Jensen founded the Aarhus Civic Orchestra in January 1935, an ensemble that became central to his work for two decades.
Performer Biography
Thomas Jensen played in the Danish premieres of Beethoven's Ninth, Mahler's Fourth and Ninth, and Nielsen's Fourth and Fifth symphonies as a cellist.
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