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Eugene Hye-Knudsen Marc Soustrot Lars Kvist-Jensen Nikolaj Lind Pedersen Poul Erik Jørgensen Klaus Gottlieb Hans Stengaard Tue Waaben Lauttrup Birgitte Bærentzen Pihl Erik Beselin Anders Larsen Jens Lund Madsen Vibeke Kærsgaard Lembcke Torben Mikkelsen Flemming Aksnes Jens Vind Martin Schuster Ananna Lützhøft Eva Paulin Todd Cadieux Ian van Rensburg Jens Astrup Erik Søndergaard Jensen Frank Christensen Pernille Jönsson Brian Friisholm Christian Jørgensen Matthias von Niessen Katrin Sønnichsen

ex Svend Rump Nielsen, Norman Del Mar, Morten Møller, Jorma Panula, Laura Helasvuo Simonsen, Rolf Sandmark, Merete Hoffmann-Madsen, Erwin Chmiel, Thomas Eisner, Arnold Baker, Henry Lützhøft, Lars Karlin, Anika Telmányi, Anna Caroline Jensen

Aarhus Symfoniorkester is the symphony orchestra of the city of Aarhus, Denmark, renamed from Aarhus By-Orkester in 1983. Chief conductors over time are Ole Schmidt (1978-1985), Norman Del Mar (1985-1988), Eri Klas (1991-1996), James Loughran (1996-2003), Giancarlo Andretta (2003-2012), and, since 2015, Marc Soustrot. Since 2007 the orchestra has it’s own concert hall, Symfonisk Sal, in Musikhuset Aarhus.

ALBUMS


Daníel Bjarnason, Jakob Kullberg, Karin Torbjörnsdóttir*, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*
From Earth To Ether
2023, CD, Album, Dacapo (4)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Douglas Bostock / Malcolm Sargent*, Aarhus Orchestra*, Royal Choral Society*, Philharmonia*
Symphony In A Min / Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast
2022, CD, Comp, Alto
Poul Ruders, Mahan Esfahani, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Leif Segerstam
Harpsichord Concerto
2022, 3xFile, MP3, EP, 320, OUR Recordings
Kuhlau*, Barth*, Gade*, Flemming Aksnes, Lisa Maria Cooper, Oliver Nordahl, Ian van Rensburg, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Jean Thorel
Concertos From 19th-Century Denmark
2020, SACD, Dacapo (4)
Svend Erik Tarp, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra* • Tobias Ringborg, Lena Kildahl • Stanislav Pronin
Orchestral Works Vol. 1
2018, SACD, Album, Dacapo (4)
Svend Hvidtfelt Nielsen, Bjarke Mogensen, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Århus Sinfonietta, Henrik Vagn Christensen, Ari Rasilainen
Ophelia Dances
2018, CD, Album, Dacapo (4)
Knudåge Riisager, Ian van Rensburg, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Andreas Delfs
Violin Concerto - Etudes
2018, CD, Album, Dacapo (4)
Bizet*, Marc Soustrot, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*
Symphony In C Major; Carmen Suite No. 1; L'Arlésienne Suites Nos. 1 & 2
2016, CD, Album, Danacord
Bruckner*, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, John Gibbons
Bruckner 9 / Premiere Recording Of Finale Completed By Nors S. Josephson
2015, CD, Album, Danacord, ,
Romantic
Knudåge Riisager, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Bo Holten
The Symphonic Edition Volume 2
2013, CD, Album, Dacapo (4), ,
Modern
Frederick Delius, Henriette Bonde-Hansen, Johan Reuter, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra Choir, Aarhus Cathedral Choir, Bo Holten
American Masterworks
2013, CD, Album, Danacord, ,
Romantic
Frederick Delius, Henriette Bonde-Hansen, Johan Reuter, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Bo Holten
English Masterworks
2012, CD, Album, Danacord
Frederick Delius, Henriette Bonde-Hansen, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Bo Holten
French Masterworks
2012, CD, Album, Danacord
Niels Marthinsen - Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Christian Lindberg
Snapshot Symphony
2011, CD, Album, Dacapo (4)
Knudåge Riisager / Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Bo Holten
The Symphonic Edition Volume 1
2011, CD, Album, Dacapo (4), ,
Modern
Poul Ruders, Erik Heide, Mathias Reumert, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Thomas Søndergård
Concertos
2009, CD, Album, Dacapo (4)
Carl Nielsen, Chorus Of The Danish National Opera*, Aarhus Cathedral Choir, Vox Aros, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Bo Holten
Cantatas
2009, CD, Dacapo Records
Johan Svendsen • Lange-Müller* / Lars Bjørnkjær, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Giordano Bellincampi
Violin Concertos
2007, CD, Album, Danacord, ,
Romantic
Richard Strauss, Douglas Boyd, The Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Aarhus Symfoniorkester, Marc-André Hamelin, Sophie Rolland
Richard Strauss - Oboe Concerto, Macbeth, Cello Sonata
2007, CD, ASV Platinum, ,
Romantic
Frederick Cowen* • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor -- Aarhus Symphony Orchestra* / Douglas Bostock
Symphonies
2006, CD, Classico
Erik Bach / Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Bo Holten
Orchestral Works
2006, CD, Dacapo (4)
Bruckner*, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, James Loughran
Symphony No. 7
2005, CD, Album, Danacord, ,
Romantic
Carl Nielsen, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Lance Friedel
Orchestral Works
2005, CD, Album, MSR Classics,
Emil Von Sauer, Oleg Marshev, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, James Loughran
Piano Concerto No. 2
2004, CD, Album, Danacord, ,
Romantic
Balakirev*, Oleg Marshev, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, James Loughran
Symphony No.1 - Tamara - Piano Concerto No. 1
2004, CD, Album, Danacord,
Aarhus Symfoniorkester, James Loughran
Walton, Mozart Og Elgar
2004, CDr, Not On Label (Aarhus Symfoniorkester Self-released), ,
Classical/Romantic
Frederick Delius - Henriette Bonde-Hansen, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Bo Holten
Norwegian Masterworks
2002, CD, Album, Danacord
Malcolm Arnold, Royal Aarhus Academy Of Music Symphony Orchestra*, Douglas Bostock, Ulrik Spang-Hanssen
Rinaldo And Armida, Homage To The Queen, Organ Concerto, Little Suite No. 2
2002, CD, Album, Classico
Sergei Rachmaninov*, Oleg Marshev, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, James Loughran
Rachmaninov 4 Piano Concertos, Paganini Rhapsody
2002, 3xCD, Danacord, Danacord, Danacord, Danacord,
Frederic Delius* / Henriette Bonde-Hansen, Johan Reuter, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Bo Holten
Danish Masterworks
2000, CD, Album, Danacord, ,
Romantic
Rued Langgaard / Anne Margrethe Dahl, Pia Hansen, Jens Krogsgaard Jensen, Canzone Choir*, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Frans Rasmussen
Sinfonia Interna
1999, CD, Album, Dacapo (4), ,
Romantic
Ole Schmidt, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*
Concertos for Brass Instruments
1999, CD, Comp, Danacord
Niels Viggo Bentzon, Anker Blyme, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Ole Schmidt
Piano Concerto No. 4 / Five Mobiles
1999, CD, Comp, Dacapo (4)
Jørgen Jersild, Aage Haugland / Bent Lorentzen, Thomas Eje, Frans Rasmussen, Aarhus Symfoniorkester
Alice I Eventyrland / Comics
1998, CD, Album, Danacord, ,
Modern
Aarhus Symfoniorkester, Sankt Annæ Pigekor Og Louise Fribo
Merry X-mas
1997, CD, Album, Bryggerigruppen A/S
Vagn Holmboe, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Owain Arwel Hughes
Vagn Holmboe, Symphonies Nos. 11, 12, 13
1996, CD, Album, BIS
Vagn Holmboe, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Owain Arwel Hughes
The Complete Symphonies
1996, 6xCD, BIS, ,
Modern
Vagn Holmboe / Owain Arwel Hughes, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*
Symphony No. 8, Symphony No. 9
1995, CD, BIS
Vagn Holmboe - Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Owain Arwel Hughes
Symphony No. 2 / Sinfonia "In Memoriam"
1995
Niels Wilhelm Gade, Hans Abrahamsen, Christian Frederick Emile Horneman, Per Nørgård, The Orchestra Of The Royal Academy Of Music, Aarhus*, Ole Schmidt, Søren K. Hansen
Ossian Overture / Symphony / Gurre Suite / Twilight
1994, CD, Album, Kontrapunkt, ,
Contemporary/Romantic
Vagn Holmboe, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Owain Arwel Hughes
Symphony No. 1 / Symphony No. 3 / Symphony No. 10
1994
Bent Lorentzen – Merete Hoffmann*, Martin Schuster (2), Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Frans Rasmussen
Concerto For Oboe And Orchestra • "Regenbogen" For Trumpet And Orchestra
1993, CD, Dacapo (4), Marco Polo
Niels Viggo Bentzon / Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Ole Schmidt
Symphonies 3 & 4
1993
Vagn Holmboe, Jutland Opera Choir*, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Owain Arwel Hughes
Symphony No.4 • Symphony No.5
1992
Vagn Holmboe / Owain Arwel Hughes, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*
Symphony No. 6, Symphony No. 7
1992, ,
Modern
Richard Strauss, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Norman Del Mar
Aus Italien / Macbeth
1991, CD, ASV Digital,
Niels W. Gade* / Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Frans Rasmussen
Korsfarerne (The Crusaders)
1990, CD, Album, BIS, BIS, ,
Romantic
Niels Rosing-Schow, Aarhus Symfoniorkester
Orchestral And Chamber Works
1990, CD, Marco Polo, Dacapo (4)
Per Nørgård - Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Jorma Panula
Symphony No.2 & Symphony No.4
1986
Niels Viggo Bentzon, Aarhus Symfoniorkester, Ole Schmidt
Symfoni Nr.4, Opus 55 / Fem Mobiler, Opus 125
1984, LP, Album, Philips
Poul Ruders, Lars Anders Tomter, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Marc Soustrot, Andreas Delfs
Violin Concerto・Handel Variations
CD, Album, Dacapo (4)
Niels Rosing-Schow, Guillaume Hodeau, Århus Sinfonietta, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Jean Thorel
Granito Y Arco Iris
CD, Dacapo (4)
Bernhard Lewkovitch, The Jutland Chamber Choir*, Members Of The Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Mogens Dahl
Apollo's Art
CD, Dacapo (4)

APPEARANCES +


Anna Katrin Øssursdóttir Egilstrøð*, Allan Gravgaard Madsen
BEINTA - A Symphonic Song Cycle
2022
Malcolm Arnold, Douglas Bostock
Symphony No.5; Belles Of St.Trinian’s, Divertimento No.2, Machines Etc.
2020, CD, Comp, Alto, ,
Modern/Symphony/Ballet/Suite/Orchestra/Divertimento
Erling Bløndal Bengtsson
The Danish Radio Recordings 1962-1987 Vol.3
2019, 2xCD, Comp, Danacord,
Erling Bløndal Bengtsson
The Danish Radio Recordings 1958-1998 Vol.2
2019, 2xCD, Comp, Danacord
Erling Bløndal Bengtsson
The Danish Radio Recordings 1966 - 2002 Vol.1
2019, 2xCD, Comp, Danacord,
Richard Wagner
Götterdämmerung
2018, 4xCD, Album, Sterling (2), Sterling (2), Sterling (2), Sterling (2), Sterling (2), ,
Opera
Pumeza Matshikiza
Arias
2017, CD, Album, Decca, ,
Opera
Various
Baroque Gold: 50 Great Tracks
2017, 3xCD, Comp, Decca, ,
Baroque
Various
Baroque Gold: 100 Great Tracks
2017, 6xCD, Comp + Box, Decca
Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen
The Picture Of Dorian Gray - A Choreographed Opera In Two Acts Based On Oscar Wilde's Novel
2016, DVD-V, Album, NTSC, Ste, Dacapo (4)
John Damgaard, Joseph Haydn, Robert Schumann
Plays Haydn
2010, CD, Album + DVD, CDKlassisk, ,
Classical/Romantic
Niels W. Gade*, Stockholm Sinfonietta, Neeme Järvi
The Symphonies
2010, ,
Romantic
Romuald Twardowski
Concertos II
2008, CD, Acte Préalable
Niels Marthinsen
Monster Symphony (Orchestral Works By Niels Marthinsen)
2006, CD, Album, Dacapo, ,
Modern
Gunnar Berg
Piano & Orchestra Historical Recordings Vol. 1
2004, 2xCD, Comp, Danacord, Danacord, Danacord,
Various
Classic CD 129 - The Best Music Of The Early Romantic Era
2000, CD, Comp, Promo, Classic CD, ,
Classical/Romantic/Modern/Contemporary
Various
Gramophone Editor's Choice - September 2000
2000, CD, Promo, Smplr, Gramophone Magazine
Various
Dansk Musik I 1000 År - En Antologi
2000, 13xCD, Comp + Box, Dacapo (4), ,
Early/Choral/Baroque/Opera
Vagn Holmboe, Owain Arwel Hughes
Symphony No.4, Symphony No.5
1999
Various
Melancholy Moments
1998
Argersinger*, McCarthy*, Mendoza*, Schwendinger*, Lentini*, Bevelander*
Grand Designs
1997, CD, Album, Capstone Records, ,
Contemporary
Louise Fribo
Glædelig Jul
1997, CD, Album, EMI Classics
Jesper Lundgaard
Jesper Lundgaard
1997, ,
Vocal/Musical
Ivar Frounberg
Orchestral Works
1996, CD, Album, Dacapo (4), Marco Polo, DR, ,
Contemporary
Palle Mikkelborg
Soundscape - Fredsskulptur 1995
1995, CD, Album, Columbia,
Kaare Norge
La Guitarra
1994, CD, Album, Genlyd, Genlyd
Bjørn & Okay
En Lille Hilsen...
1993, CD, Album, Polydor
Anne Linnet
Spring Capricious
1989,
Per Nørgård
Symphony No. 2 & Symphony No. 4
1986, ,
Contemporary/Modern
Niels Viggo Bentzon
Koncert For Klaver Og Orkester Nr. 4, Opus 96
1982
Tage Nielson
Orchestral Works
CD, Album, decapo (4)
Elgar* | Bax* | Delius* | Vaughan Williams*
The British Symphonic Collection
Box, Comp + 10xCD, Membran
Per Vers
Smells Like Team Spirit 2
2011, File, MP3, Comp, Mixed Ape Music, ,
Hardcore Hip-Hop
Various
Dansk Grammy Klassisk 2000
2000, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Not On Label, ,
Contemporary
Various
Two Centuries Of Classical Music
1995, CD, Comp, Promo, Copenhagen 96 ● Cultural Capital Of Europe
Various
Music From Denmark 1993
1993, 6xCD, Comp, Promo + Box, Promo, MXP, MXP, MXP, MXP, MXP, MXP, MXP,
Bruno Tonioli
An Italian Romance
3xCD, Comp, Universal, ,
Opera/Canzone Napoletana/Vocal