Vagn Holmboe - Symphonies (Owain Arwel Hughes)

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Composer: Vagn Holmboe

CD1:

• (01-03) Symphony No. 3, 'Sinfonia rustica', Op. 25 (M. 126)
• (04-06) Symphony No. 1 for chamber orchestra, Op. 4 (M. 85)
• (07-09) Symphony No. 10, Op. 105 (M. 250)

CD2:

• (01-03) Symphony No. 2, Op. 15 (M. 107)
• (04-06) Sinfonia in Memoriam, Op. 65 (M. 185)

CD3:

• (01-06) Symphony No. 4, 'Sinfonia Sacra', Op. 29 (M. 132)
• (07-09) Symphony No. 5, Op. 35 (M. 145)

CD4:

• (01-02) Symphony No. 6, Op. 43 (M. 155)
• (03-09) Symphony No. 7 in one movement, Op. 50 (M. 167)

CD5:

• (01-04) Symphony No. 8, 'Sinfonia boreale', Op. 56 (M. 175)
• (05-09) Symphony No. 9, Op. 95 (M. 235)

CD6:

• (01-03) Symphony No. 11, Op. 144 (M. 304)
• (04-06) Symphony No. 12, Op. 175 (M. 338)
• (07-09) Symphony No. 13, Op. 192 (M. 362)

Jutland Opera Choir
Aarhus Symphony Orchestra
Owain Arwel Hughes, conductor

Date: 1992-1996
Label: BIS
http://bis.se/label/bis/holmboe-complete-symphonies

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Vagn Holmboe (20 December 1909 – 1 September 1996) was a Danish composer and teacher. Holmboe studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen under Knud Jeppesen (theory) and Finn Høffding (composition). He composed about 370 works, including 13 symphonies, three chamber symphonies, four symphonies for strings, 20 string quartets, numerous concertos, one opera, and the late series of preludes for chamber orchestra, as well as much choral and other music. His students included Per Nørgård, Ib Nørholm, Bent Lorentzen, Arne Nordheim, Egil Hovland and Alan Stout.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagn_Holmboe

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Owain Arwel Hughes CBE (born 21 March 1942 in Ton Pentre, Rhondda) is a Welsh orchestral conductor. He studied conducting under Sir Adrian Boult, Bernard Haitink and Rudolf Kempe. Hughes became well known after a rousing televised performance of William Walton's Belshazzar’s Feast, which won the praise of the composer himself. He later hosted a BBC series, The Much-Loved Music Show. Hughes has made numerous recordings, championing less well-known composers, including recording a complete cycle of the symphonies of the Danish composer Vagn Holmboe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owain_Arwel_Hughes

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