Champagne!: The Sound of Lumbye & His Idols Classical Orchestral & Concertos Dacapo

Champagne!: The Sound of Lumbye & His Idols

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DK 4750

Champagne!: The Sound of Lumbye & His Idols

Label Catalogue Number:
8.224750

Release Date: January 2022
Originally recorded in January 2022

Genre:
Classical
Orchestral & Concertos

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With the establishment of Copenhagen’s Tivoli Gardens in 1843, the Danish composer and conductor Hans Christian Lumbye (1810–1874) swiftly rose to fame as the city’s internationally acclaimed king of waltzes and galops, leading his orchestra from the violin. For this recording, Lars Ulrik Mortensen and Concerto Copenhagen – Scandinavia’s leading period instruments ensemble – studied Lumbye's original scores and used instruments from the era to recreate an authentic sound. This collection showcases Lumbye’s enchanting music, along with popular pieces by his idols, Lanner and Strauss I.

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“… It is interesting to hear Lumbye’s music played by a small, period-sized orchestra. It can be enchanting, and over several hearings the music is enjoyable … Concerto Copenhagen plays all the selections with appropriate brio, and conductor Mortensen adds emphasis where needed… “

Elliot Fisch – American Record Guide – January/February 2024

**** Excellent Album

Yannick Millon – Classica magazine (France) – December 2023 /January 2024

“… utterly delightful disc.”

Richard Bratby – Gramophone magazine – November 2023

“…Altogether this is a greatly entertaining and historically interesting tribute to Lumbye and his contemporaries, played with precision and admirable elan.”

Göran Forsling – MusicwebInternational.com – 17 September 2023

“…The unfailing delight of this album is the orchestra’s sprightly period instrument sound, emanating from just 30 players…” ***

Geoff Brown – The Times – 23 August 2023

“An academic project shot through with sheer delight and joie de vivre as the Danish period instrument ensemble recreates the sounds of H. C. Lumbye's orchestra from the 1840s Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen”

Robert Hugill – PlanetHugill.com – 16 August 2023

“…vital and charming performances… ”****

Remy Franck – Pizzicato.lu – 21 August 2023

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