The director of Danish radio, Court Singer Holm, initially forbade his orchestra, the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, from making gramophone recordings, believing they should only be heard on the radio.
Recording & Production
Thomas Jensen was a pioneer in making gramophone records with orchestras in Denmark, assembling an ad hoc orchestra called the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra for this purpose.
Performer Biography
Thomas Jensen, the conductor, began to suffer from progressive deafness later in his career, quietly remarking that his appointment as permanent conductor might have come too late.
Recording & Production
The Danish record company TONO made a series of recordings with the City of Aarhus Orchestra, which were so successful that some were issued in the USA by Mercury.
Historical Context
For most of the 20th century, public funding for cultural institutions outside the capital city of Copenhagen was almost non-existent in Denmark.
Performer Biography
Thomas Jensen, the conductor on this album, studied with the famous Danish composer Carl Nielsen at the Royal Danish Conservatoire of Music.
Recording & Production
The recordings on CD 1 are the first time all the gramophone recordings of the Aarhus Orchestra conducted by Thomas Jensen have been collected together.
