VAGN HOLMBOE

(1909 - 1996)

The spirit of folk culture plays an important role in the music of the Danish composer Vagn Holmboe. As was the case with Béla Bartók (one of Holmboe's most important sources of inspiration), folkloristic studies have here contributed significantly to the compositional process. Holmboe is the most influential Danish composers of the generation after Carl Nielsen and his large output includes twelve symphonies, chamber concertos, and a long series of extremely fine string quartets.


Role: Classical Composer
Album Title	Catalogue No	Work Category

BRASS FESTIVAL	BIS BIS-CD-265	Concertos, Orchestral, Wind Ensemble/Band Music
Choral Concert: Danish National Vocal Ensemble - HOLMBOE, V. / BRUUN, P. / NORGARD, P. / KOPPEL, H. / JERSILD, J. / RUDERS, P. (Hymn to the Sun)	Dacapo 8.226051	Choral - Sacred, Choral - Secular
Danish Oboe Works	Dacapo 8.224043	Chamber Music
Danish Wind Quintets	Dacapo 8.224001	Chamber Music
Danish Works for Organ	Dacapo 8.224018	Chamber Music, Instrumental
From the Merry Life of A Spy	Dacapo 8.226001	Chamber Music
GLANVILLE-HICKS: Etruscan Concerto / HOLMBOE: Concerto No. 11 (Surinach) (1956)	Naxos Classical Archives 9.80083	Concertos
HOLMBOE / GRONDAHL: Trombone Concerto / HYLDGAARD: Concerto Borealis / JORGENSEN: Romance / Suite	Dacapo 6.220526	Concertos, Orchestral
HOLMBOE / NORGARD / NIELSEN / NORDENTOFT: Piano Trios	Dacapo 8.226009	Chamber Music
HOLMBOE, V.: Chamber Music, Vol. 1 - Primavera / Gioco / Flute Sonata / Ballata / Quartet (Ensemble MidtVest)	Dacapo 8.226073	Chamber Music
HOLMBOE, V.: Chamber Music, Vol. 2 - Eco / Aspekter / Cello Sonata / Quartetto medico / Sextet (Ensemble MidtVest)	Dacapo 8.226074	Chamber Music, Instrumental
HOLMBOE, V.: Chamber Symphonies (Lapland Chamber Orchestra, Storgards)	Dacapo 6.220621	Orchestral
HOLMBOE, V.: Kairos (Time), "Sinfonias Nos. 1-4" (Wales Camerata, Hughes)	BIS BIS-CD-1596	Orchestral
HOLMBOE, V.: Kairos (Time), Op. 73, "Sinfonias Nos. 1-4" (Danish Radio Sinfonietta, Koivula)	Dacapo 8.226017-18	Orchestral
HOLMBOE, V.: Key Masterpieces (The) - Requiem for Nietzsche / String Quartet No. 4 / Chamber Concerto No. 2	Dacapo 8.226101-02	Orchestral, Chamber Music, Instrumental
HOLMBOE, V.: Solo and Chamber Works for Guitar (Sivebaek)	Dacapo 8.226143	Chamber Music, Instrumental
HOLMBOE, V.: String Quartets (Complete) (Kontra Quartet)	Dacapo 8.207001	Chamber Music
HOLMBOE, V.: String Quartets Nos. 1, 3 and 4 (Kontra Quartet)	Dacapo DCCD 9203	Chamber Music
HOLMBOE, V.: String Quartets Nos. 10, 11, and 12 (Kontra Quartet)	Dacapo 8.224101	Chamber Music
HOLMBOE, V.: String Quartets Nos. 13-15 (Kontra Quartet)	Dacapo 8.224127	Chamber Music
HOLMBOE, V.: String Quartets Nos. 16 and 18 / Svaerm (Kontra Quartet)	Dacapo 8.224131	Chamber Music
HOLMBOE, V.: String Quartets Nos. 17, 19 and 20	Dacapo 8.224128	Chamber Music
HOLMBOE, V.: String Quartets Nos. 2, 5, and 6	Dacapo 8.224026	Chamber Music
HOLMBOE, V.: String Quartets Nos. 7, 8 and 9 (Kontra Quartet)	Dacapo 8.224073	Chamber Music
HOLMBOE, V.: Viola Concerto / Violin Concerto No. 2 / Concerto for Orchestra (Heide, Tomter, Norrkoping Symphony, Slobodeniouk)	Dacapo 6.220599	Concertos, Orchestral
HOLMBOE, V.: Violin and Piano Music (Hansen, Bjorkoe) - Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3 / Haiduc / Arabesque	Dacapo 8.226063	Chamber Music, Instrumental
HOLMBOE: Brass Concertos	BIS BIS-CD-802	Concertos
HOLMBOE: Cello Concerto / Benedic Domino / Quintet	BIS BIS-CD-78	Concertos, Chamber Music, Choral - Sacred
HOLMBOE: Chamber Concertos Nos. 10-13	Dacapo 8.224087	Concertos
HOLMBOE: Chamber Concertos Nos. 1-3	Dacapo 8.224038	Concertos, Orchestral
HOLMBOE: Chamber Concertos Nos. 4-6	Dacapo 8.224063	Concertos, Orchestral
HOLMBOE: Chamber Concertos Nos. 7-9	Dacapo 8.224086	Concertos, Orchestral
HOLMBOE: Complete Symphonies	BIS BIS-CD-843-46	Orchestral
HOLMBOE: Concertos Nos. 8 and 10 / Concerto Giocondo e Severo / The Ill-Tempered Turk	BIS BIS-CD-917	Concertos, Orchestral
HOLMBOE: Four Symphonic Metamorphoses	BIS BIS-CD-852	Orchestral
HOLMBOE: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 17 / Clarinet Concerto No. 3, Op. 21 / Beatus Parvo	BIS BIS-CD-1176	Concertos, Orchestral
HOLMBOE: Preludes for Sinfoniettas	Dacapo 8.224123	Orchestral
HOLMBOE: Preludes for Sinfoniettas, Vol. 2	Dacapo 8.224124	Orchestral
HOLMBOE: Recorder Concerto / Flute Concertos Nos. 1 and 2	BIS BIS-CD-911	Concertos
HOLMBOE: Requiem for Nietzsche	Dacapo 8.224207	Choral - Secular
HOLMBOE: Symphonies Nos. 1, 3 and 10	BIS BIS-CD-605	Orchestral
HOLMBOE: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5	BIS BIS-CD-572	Orchestral
HOLMBOE: Symphonies Nos. 6 and 7	BIS BIs-CD-573	Orchestral
HOLMBOE: Symphony No. 2	BIS BIS-CD-695	Orchestral
HOLMBOE: Symphony Nos. 8 and 9	BIS BIS-CD-618	Orchestral
HOLMBOE: Works for a Cappella Choir	Dacapo DCCD 9204	Choral - Sacred, Choral - Secular
LINDBERG / HOLMBOE / LARSSON / AHO: Nordic Trombone Concertos	BIS BIS-CD-888	Concertos, Orchestral
MIKKELBORG: Everything matters / JERSILD: 10 Impromtu / HOLMBOE: Duo Concertato / KOPPEL: Duo for Violin and Guitar	OUR Recordings 8.226902	Chamber Music
MORTENSEN: Wind Quintet, Op. 4 / HOLMBOE: Notturno, Op. 19 / POULENC: Sextet for Piano	BIS BIS-CD-24	Chamber Music
MUSIC FOR BRASS ENSEMBLE	BIS BIS-CD-248	Chamber Music, Instrumental
NIELSEN, T. / NORBY / HOLMBOE / KOPPEL: Songs	Dacapo 8.224010	Vocal
RING, K.: Hand for Holmboe / HOLMBOE, V.: Chamber Concertos (Ring, Danish National Chamber Orchestra, Koivula)	Dacapo 8.226569	Concertos, Orchestral, Instrumental
RUDERS: Bravour Studies / HOLMBOE: Cello Sonata	Dacapo 8.226007	Instrumental
Vocal Recital: Bruun, Hetna Regitze - SCHIERBECK, P. / HOLMBOE, V. / KOPPEL, H.D. / OLSEN, P.R. / NORBY, E. (Skonne Perler)	Naxos 8.572728	Vocal

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