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Congratulations to Henrik Dam Thomsen and Mikkel Nymand with the ICMA 2025 Nomination. This release has received great reviews all over the world,- so hopefully the album will go all the way and get the ICMA price next year!

The reception of the Danish cellist's recording of J.S. Bach's iconic *Six Suites for Solo Cello* has been overwhelming. The album has received enthusiastic reviews and top ratings everywhere. The English magazine *Gramophone* selected the release as Editor's Choice. The production, with Mikkel Nymand as producer, has also garnered significant international recognition. The album was also released in Dolby Atmos format.

World premiere recordings of Carl Nielsen's own arrangements for four-hand piano have also been released. The album *ESPANSIVA* featuring two of Denmark's finest pianists, Rikke Sandberg and Kristoffer Hyldig, has just been released and has already received considerable national and international attention. Producer Preben Iwan’s sound engineering has, as usual, earned top marks, and this album is also available in Dolby Atmos format.

We have just uploaded OUR Recordings’ 8th release, featuring the Danish composer Axel Borup-Jørgensen, who would have turned 100 on November 22nd this year. The album consists of some of the composer’s chamber music works, and we are very pleased to have collaborated with the wonderful Esbjerg Ensemble on this album. The album will be released on November 15th.

You can read much more about the releases on the website.

This summer, OUR Recordings has primarily been working on three new releases.

1.J.S. Bach: SIX SUITES FOR CELLO SOLO** with the Danish cello virtuoso Henrik Dam Thomsen, which will be released on Friday, August 23rd. This album has already received much international attention from the press and has scored top marks everywhere. The album was recorded by producer Mikkel Nymand in the fantastic acoustics of Garnisons Kirken in Copenhagen and will be available on both CD and in Dolby Atmos format on streaming services.

2.An album featuring world premiere recordings of Carl Nielsen’s own arrangements for four-hand piano with two of Denmark’s leading pianists, Rikke Sandberg and Kristoffer Hyldig. Both pianists have previously released on OUR Recordings. The album, titled ESPANSIVA, will be released on both CD and vinyl, and also in Dolby Atmos format on streaming services. The album is recorded in The Queens Hall at The Black Diamond in Copenhagen by producer Preben Iwan. The album will be released on September 6th.

3.This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great Danish modernist Axel Borup-Jørgensen. To commemorate this, OUR Recordings has recorded a new album featuring the composer’s chamber music. We are very pleased that the Esbjerg Ensemble and pianist Kristoffer Hyldig agreed to record this album. We are finalizing the album at the end of August for a worldwide release in early November. Producer Mette Due has recorded the album. OUR Recordings already released 8 albums with music by Axel Borup-Jørgensen.

The last few monthes has been extremely busy with recordings of new releadses,- planning upcoming releases,conferences in Brugge (IAMA) Berlin (Classical:NEXT) Egeskov Castle in the VL Forum for business leaders in Denmark about AI, and KODA conference on AI in the music busines. Also OUR Recordings have moved to another office in the same bulding, just better,- but everything takes time!
Producer Mette Due and I have been to Endrupholm 4 times to record with Esbjerg Ensemble and pianist Kristoffer Hyldig, chambermusic and solo works by late Danish composer Axel Borup-Jørgensen, who would have turned 100 years old in November this year. We only have one piece left,- and I can assure you that it will be a great album,- scheduled to be released ultimo October. We have finished and uploaded a fantastic recording of Bach Six cello suites with Henrik Dam Thomsen, producer Mikkel Nymand, release is scheduled to be August 23th,- also in the Dolby Atmos format. We ase now in the process of editing a new album with Danish National Vocal Ensemble and their new chief conductore Martina Batic,- and the music is by Slovenian composer Uros Krek, and Danish composer Else Marie Pade,- release is scheduled to be November, producer Mikkel Nymand. Carl Nielsen wrote a version of his 3. symphony "Espansiva" for 4 hand piano,- and we are very happy to relese this album in september with Rikke Sandberg and Kristoffer Hyldig,- also to be heard in the Dolby Atmos format,- producer Preben Iwan

A patchwork of J.S. Bach and Symphonic Rock music from the 60th and 70th

Music by The Doors, J.S.Bach, Savage Rose, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Queen and Procol Harum
All organ arrangements by Sven-Ingvart Mikkelsen·

In these arrangements, the connection between Bach and Rock is underlined by a direct interweaving of rock music with quotations from Johann Sebastian Bach, with the result that the music flows together in a patchwork of baroque organ, Bach and symphonic rock “STAIRWAY to BACH – Rock classics with a hint of Bach”.

Sven-Ingvart Mikkelsen is Professor and Head of Department for Organ and Church Music at The Royal Danish Academy of Music, and performs extensively throughout Europe, North and South America and Asia.
Featured on this delightful genre-blending program is the glorious Marcussen organ in the Concert Hall of The Royal Danish Academy of Music.

The multiple award winning Aros Guitar Duo's debut Album IN TIME present 6 new compositions mad for the duo by 6 Danish composers. The concept for the album is that all compositions include a 500 years old ode (tune) that is played from the bell tower of the City Hall in Aarhus. The City Hall is designed by the famous Danish architect Arne Jacobsen. Even it is 6 different composers you feel that IN TIME is 1 piece of music in 6 movements.

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We are proud to bring you the newest selection of talented recipients of Global Music Awards.

The Global Music Awards is a well-known international music competition that celebrates independent musicians. Global Music Awards is widely recognized by industry insiders as giving legitimacy to highly talented artists. Global Music Awards is recognized as music's golden seal of approval.

Janne Fredens and Søren Rastogi have been awarded Global Music Award’s Best in Show honors for their album Upheaval in the category chamber music. In this work, cellist Fredens and pianist Rastogi give new life to twelve compositions written solely by four women in the early 20th century. Each composer has her own wonderful story and achievements, but many of their works are now scarcely played. Fredens and Rastogi have given these gifts back to us with stunning performances. The dynamic compositions and instrumentation makes this album an exciting listen, suggesting Upheaval as much as the composers bucked the norms of their day. This collection of superb works by female composers, played by two highly talented musicians, is sure to impress.

George Bernard Shaw used to say the only things worth hearing on a pipe organ were Bach and Wagner. There’s no Wagner here but the spirit of arranging works form other media for the “King of Instruments” date back to... Bach himself! (It’s been suggested that even the famous Toccata and Fugue in d minor was original a violin solo)!
The symphonic rock music of the 1960s and 1970s aspired to great things and often drew upon classical tropes, particularly those suggesting the gravitas of J.S. Bach, sometimes using direct Bach quote, while at others, as in Penny Lane by The Beatles, suggesting the sound of the Baroque masters.
In these arrangements, the connection between Bach and Rock is underlined by a direct interweaving of rock music with quotations from Johann Sebastian Bach, with the result that the music flows together in a patchwork of baroque organ, Bach and symphonic rock “STAIRWAY to BACH – Rock classics with a hint of Bach”.
Organist Sven-Ingvart Mikkelsen is one of the most versatile musicians on the Danish music scene, renowned for his surprising and frequently unconventional programs. Sven-Ingvart is a graduate of the music conservatories in Esbjerg and Copenhagen and is Professor and Head of Department for Organ and Church Music at The Royal Danish Academy of Music.
Sven-Ingvart performs extensively throughout Europe, North and South America and Asia.
Featured on this delightful genre-blending program is the glorious Marcussen organ in the Concert Hall of The Royal Danish Academy of Music.

Congratulations to Janne Fredens & Søren Rastogi. Their album UPHEAVAL have had a great international attention including an entusiastic presentation in Bayrischer Rundfunk BR Classic,- and CD of The Week in DRP2., and a great Gramophone review.

The Danish Newspaper Politiken have chosen VINGT REGARDS as BEST RELEASE in 2023. On the list of the 10 best releases you also find SOLO ALONE AND MORE med clarinetist Jonas Frølund. CORELLIMANIA with Michala Petri, Hille Perl and Mahan Esfahani is one of 3 finalist for the ICMA Award.