RECORDINGS OF THOMAS JENSEN, CONDUCTOR (2015 EDITION by Anthony Cane) Born Copenhagen 25 Oct 1898, died Frederiksberg (Copenhagen) 13 Nov 1963

Transcription

1 RECORDINGS OF THOMAS JENSEN, CONDUCTOR (2015 EDITION by Anthony Cane) Born Copenhagen 25 Oct 1898, died Frederiksberg (Copenhagen) 13 Nov 1963 Principal Conductor of the Aarhus By-Orkester (Civic or Municipal Orchestra), later Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Conductor of Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra (now Danish National Symphony Orchestra) Conductor of Tivoli Concert Hall (Symphony) Orchestra, also Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra, Jensen s first recordings were made in Copenhagen, headquarters of the major record companies HMV and Tono. Not until 1948 did Tono establish recording facilities enabling Jensen to record with his own orchestra in Aarhus. ABBREVIATIONS ACO Aarhus Civic (Municipal) Orchestra bc broadcast (later Symphony Orchestra) pp public performance (so-called live ) CPO Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra p piano (a pickup ensemble for recording purposes) vn violin DR Danish Radio fl flute DRSO Danish (State) Radio (Broadcasting) Symphony Orchestra tpt trumpet HMV His Master s Voice s soprano RO Royal Orchestra (Royal/Copenhagen Opera Orchestra) ms mezzo-soprano (also sometimes Royal Chapel Orchestra, misleadingly t tenor in that kapel in music is orchestra, not chapel ) br baritone TCO Telmányi (or Emil Telmányi s) Chamber Orchestra bs bass (augmented) Tivoli Tivoli Concert Hall/Symphony Orchestra WRC World Record Club All 78 or 33 records are 30cm (12in) unless otherwise stated; EP (45rpm) records are 17cm (7in) DATE/ARTISTS MATRIX TITLE CATALOGUE THE EARLY COPENHAGEN RECORDINGS 8/9/37 CPO 2CS 670-3, RIISAGER Fools Paradise, Op 33 Suite: movements 1,3,6,4,7,9,10 78 HMV Z CS 673-2? ditto CPO 2CS RIISAGER Marche Tartare 78 HMV Z 251 7/7/38 CPO 0CS 937 RIISAGER Two Danish School Songs 78 HMV X 6151 (25cm) 7/7/38 CPO 0CS 938 RIISAGER With reference to Nursery Suite 78 HMV X 6151 (25cm) 31/8/39 CPO 2CS SVENDSEN Romance in G, Op 26, Carlo Andersen vn 78 HMV DB CS

2 1940 Tivoli 2CS 1668 LUMBYE Queen Louise Waltz 78 HMV Z Tivoli 2CS 1669 LUMBYE Amelie Waltz 78 HMV Z Tivoli KPO 3543 LUMBYE Champagne Galop 78 Odeon D 155 (25cm) 1940 Tivoli KPO 3544 LUMBYE Britta Polka 78 Odeon D 155 (25cm) 1940 CPO xxkpo 3545/46 KUHLAU The Elf Hill, Op 100: Overture 78 Odeon D CPO [?Tivoli] XXPO 3547/48 [?xxkpo] LUMBYE Dream Pictures 78 Odeon O 3636, D /1/41, 22/2/41 2CS 1901/02 NIELSEN Little Suite for Strings, FS 6 78 HMV DB RO 2CS 1899/1900 Mid-1942 CPO kpo 4088 HARTMANN The Anguish of Thrym, Op 67: Triumphal March of the Gods 78 Odeon DXX 8001 Mid-1942 CPO kpo GADE Echoes of Ossian Concert Overture, Op 1 78 Odeon DXX Tivoli XXKPO 4094/95 LUMBYE Reminiscences of Kroll s Dance-hall: Waltz 78 Odeon D Mercury EP Tivoli KPO [?Kpo] LUMBYE Lifeguards at Amager--- Ballet: Final Galop 78 Odeon D 156 (25cm) 1942 Tivoli KPO [?Kpo] LUMBYE Salute to August Bournonville Galop 78 Odeon D 156 (25cm) Mid-1942 RO XXKpo NIELSEN Helios Overture, FS Odeon D , XXD Mid-1942 RO XXKpo 4101 NIELSEN The Mother, FS 94: March 78 Odeon D 6437, XXD 8003 CD Danacord DACOCD 356 (set 354 6), Danacord DACOCD 523

3 1942 Tivoli LISZT Hungarian Fantasia, Victor Schiøler p 78 Tono X /7/42 Tivoli 1653/54 SIBELIUS Finlandia, Op Tono X 25003, Sonora K /7/42 Tivoli 1655/56 NIELSEN Saul and David, FS 25: Act 2 Prelude 78 Tono X /7/42 Tivoli 1656 (part) NIELSEN The Mother, FS 94: Scene 7 Prelude 78 Tono X (part of side 2) 1942 Tivoli 1673/74 BEETHOVEN Romance No 2 in F, Op 50, Emil Telmányi vn 78 Tono X 25004, Sonara K 9510, Classic C Tivoli 1675/76 SARASATE Zigeunerweisen, Op 20/1, Emil Telmányi vn 78 Tono X 25005, Sonara K Tivoli 1699, 1703/04 BEETHOVEN Leonore: Overture No 3 78 Tono X MOZART Symphony No 39 in E flat, K543: 3rd movement 78 Tono X or 8/9/42 Tivoli 1706 LANGE-MÜLLER Renaissance: Prelude 78 Tono X /9/42 Tivoli 1707 NIELSEN Maskarade, FS 39: Dance of the Cockerels 78 Tono X Sep 1942 Tivoli 1708 ELGAR Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D, Op 39/1 78 Tono X Sep 1942 Tivoli 1709 COATES Knightsbridge March 78 Tono X & 9/9/42 Tivoli 1710/11 TARP Mosaic Miniature Suite 78 Tono X c 1942 Tivoli [?] TCHAIKOVSKY Eugene Onegin: Waltz, Polonaise 78 Tono X 25020, Sonora K Tivoli XXKPO LUMBYE Good Night Polka 78 Odeon D 6409 [?xxkpo] 1943 Tivoli KPO 4280 LUMBYE Columbine Polka-Mazurka 78 Odeon D 884 (25cm) 1943 Tivoli XXKPO 4281 LUMBYE Hesperus Waltz 78 Odeon D 6408

4 1943 Tivoli XXKPO 4282 LUMBYE Sophie Waltz 78 Odeon D Tivoli KPO 4283 LUMBYE Royal Bouquet Galop 78 Odeon D 884 (25cm) 1943 Tivoli KPO [?Kpo] LUMBYE Amager Polka 78 Odeon D 885 (25cm) 1943 Tivoli KPO LUMBYE Nordic Blood-brothers Galop 78 Odeon D 885 (25cm) [?Kpo] 1943 Tivoli XXKPO LUMBYE Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop 78 Odeon D 6409 [?xxkpo] 1943 Tivoli 2108/09 SCHUBERT Rosamunde, D797: Ballet in G minor, Ballet in G 78 Tono X /3/44 DRSO 2CS NIELSEN Symphony No 2 (The Four Temperaments), FS HMV DB (unissued) CD Danacord DACOCD 367 (set 365 7) [from test pressings] 1944 Tivoli 2369/70 JOHANN STRAUSS II Emperor Waltz, Op Tono X DRSO SMETANA My Country: Vltava 78 Tono X DVORÁK Slavonic Dance No 8 in G minor, Op 46/8 78 Tono X RO TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 5 in E minor, Op 64: 2nd movement, Andante cantabile 78 Tono X , Sonora K RO 2558 TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade in C, Op 48: 2nd movement, Waltz 78 Tono X 25039,?Sonora K 9526 Reissue: Tono X (with Hofstetter Serenade attrib Haydn RO/Tango) 24 25/1/ RIISAGER Twelve by the Mail-Coach Ballet, Op 37: 4 excerpts 78 Tono X RO [?Tivoli] 1946 Tivoli 2857/58 PONCHIELLI La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours 78 Tono X [?1946] Tivoli TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker, Op 71: Russian Dance, Waltz of the Flowers 78 Tono X Tivoli 2864, 2863 DELIBES Coppélia: Mazurka, Czardas 78 Tono X 25061

5 [?1946] Tivoli WEBER, orch BERLIOZ Invitation to the Dance, J Tono X Tivoli 2867/68 SCHUBERT Ave Maria, D839; Rosamunde, D797: Entr acte in B flat (after Act 3) 78 Tono X TCO MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64 Emil Telmányi vn 78 Tono X RO 3030/31 SAINT-SAËNS Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, Op 28 Emil Telmányi vn 78 Tono X [?1947] RO TCHAIKOVSKY Solemn Overture 1812, Op Tono X /6/47 Tivoli 3032 SIBELIUS Valse triste, Op 44/1 78 Tono X 25109?ditto Tivoli 3033 LACOMBE Aubade printanière, Op Tono X TCO 3042/43 HUBAY Hungarian Csárda Scenes: No 4, Op 32 (Hejre Kati) Emil Telmányi vn 78 Tono L (25cm) 23/6/47 Tivoli 3044/45 HØFFDING It is Perfectly True! Symphonic Fantasy, Op Tono X Tivoli 3080 RUBINSTEIN Toreador and Andalouse, Op 103/7 78 Tono X /9/47 Tivoli 3081 SIBELIUS Valse lyrique, Op 96a 78 Tono X Tivoli 3084/85 SAINT-SAËNS Danse macabre, Op Tono X /10/47 DRSO 2CS NIELSEN Symphony No 2 (The Four Temperaments), FS HMV Z Odeon KDO 2013 (25cm), MOAK (set CN 101) CD Dutton CDCLP 4001 [?1947] Tivoli BRAHMS Hungarian Dances No 5 in F sharp minor, No 6 in D flat 78 Tono L28006 (25cm) 7/9/48 RO [?Tivoli] 3307/08 HENRIQUES Voelund the Smith: Prelude 78 Tono X 25120

6 THE 1948 AARHUS RECORDINGS Nov 1948 ACO KUHLAU William Shakespeare, Op 74: Overture 78 Tono X Nov 1948 ACO 3352 TARP Suite on Danish Folktunes: The Raven 78 Tono X Nov 1948 ACO ELGAR Serenade in E minor,op Tono X Nov 1948 ACO 3356 ELGAR Salut d amour Nov 1948 ACO 3357 MØLLER Aarhus Tattoo Nov 1948 ACO 3357 MØLLER Bataille March 78 Tono X Tono L (25cm) 33 Tono [?33L]/LPL (25cm) 78 Tono L (25cm) 33 Tono [?33L]/LPL (25cm) Nov 1948 ACO MASSENET Le Cid: Ballet music: movements 1,4,6,7 78 Tono X Mercury EP , MEP THE FIRST REGULAR DRSO RECORDINGS 27 28/1/49 DRSO RIISAGER Concertino for Trumpet and Strings, Op 29, George Eskdale tpt 78 Tono X , 33 Mercury MG 15041, Dutton set 2CDEA 5027 (disc 1) 27 28/1/49 DRSO 3410 RIISAGER Little Overture for Strings 78 Tono X Mercury MG Mercury EP , Dutton set 2 CDEA 5027 (disc 1) 1949 DRSO TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D, Op 35, Endre Wolf vn 78 Tono X Mercury MG CD Danacord DACOCD 714 (set 714 5), 1951 DRSO 1673/2, 1674/2 BEETHOVEN Romance No 2 in F, Op 50, Emil Telmányi vn 78 Tono X (remake of 1942 recording published under old number and same basic matrix numbers)

7 1951 DRS?1675/2, 1676/2 SARASATE Zigeunerweisen, Op 20/1, Emil Telmányi vn 78 Tono X (remake of 1942 recording published under old number and probably same basic matrix numbers) THE 1951 AARHUS RECORDINGS Oct 1951 ACO 4073/74 TCHAIKOVSKY Marche slave, Op Tono X Tono 33X/LPX Oct 1951 ACO 4075/76 DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun 78 Tono X Tono 33X/LPX Oct 1951 ACO 4077 JOHANN STRAUSS II: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op Tono L (25cm) Tono 33X/LPX Mercury MG EP Oct 1951 ACO 4078 JOHANN STRAUSS I: Radetzky March, Op Tono L (25cm) Tono 33L/LPL (25cm), 33X/LPX Mercury MG EP Oct 1951 ACO 4079 KHACHATURIAN Gayaneh: Sabre Dance 78 Tono L (25cm), Exclusive 9053 (25cm) Tono 33X/LPX Mercury MG EP Oct 1951 ACO 4080 SMETANA The Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians 78 Tono L (25cm), Exclusive 9053 (25cm) Tono 33X/LPX Mercury MG EP Oct 1951 ACO 4081/82 JOHANN STRAUSS II: Treasure Waltz, Op Tono L (25cm) Tono 33X/LPX 35005

8 THE LATE COPENHAGEN (DRSO) RECORDINGS 21-23/4/52 DRSO SIBELIUS Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 47, Emil Telmányi vn 78 Tono Y , Nera & Musica KE Mercury MG 10131, Tono 33X/LPX CD Danacord DACOCD 698 (set 697-8) 14-15/6/52 DRSO NIELSEN Symphony No 1 in G minor, FS Decca LXT 2748, ACL 279, ECS 570, London LL 635, Polyphon LUPM 7004 CD Dutton CDLXT 2502, Decca Eloquence /6/52 DRSO NIELSEN Symphony No 6 (Sinfonia Semplice), FS Tono Y Tono 33X/LPX 35004, Mercury MG 10137, WRC SC 4, Record Society CS 1, Danacord DACO 123 (set 121 3), CD Danacord DACOCD 353 (set 351 3), Dutton CDBP 9796 Jul 1952 DRSO SIBELIUS Karelia Suite, Op Decca LXT 2744, London LL 6343 CD Decca Eloquence (set ) Movements 1, 3: 45 Decca /9/52 DRSO (pp) NIELSEN Symphony No 4 (The Inextinguishable),FS Danacord DACO 122 (set 121 3) CD Danacord DACOCD 352 (set 351 3) Jul 1953 DRSO SIBELIUS Four Legends, Op Decca LXT 2841, ACL 138, ECS 656, London LL 843 CD Decca Eloquence (set ), Danacord DACOCD 698 (set 697-8) Nos 2, 4 (The Swan of Tuonela, Lemminkäinen s Return) 33 Decca LW 5105 (25cm), London LL D 9125 (25cm) 7/4/54 DRSO NIELSEN Symphony No 5, FS Decca LXT 2980, ECS 570, London LL 1143, Polyphon LUPM 7006 CD Dutton CDLXT 2502, Decca Eloquence Apr 1954 DRSO NIELSEN Flute Concerto, FS 119, Holger Gilbert- Jespersen fl 33 Decca LXT 2979, ACL 292, London LL 1124, Polyphon LUPM 7007 CD Dutton CDLXT 2505, Decca Eloquence

9 Apr 1954 DRSO Apr 1954 DRSO Apr 1954 DRSO NIELSEN Maskarade, FS 39: Overture Polyphon HM 80072, 33 Decca LXT 2980, LW 5132, BR 3111, London LD 9156, LL 1143, LL 1314, Polyphon LUPM 7005, non-commercial?philips TRL 311 CD Dutton CDLXT 2505, Decca Eloquence NIELSEN Maskarade, FS 39: Magdelone s Dance Scene 33 Decca LW 5132, BR 3111, London LD 9156, LL 1314, Polyphon LUPM 7005, non-commercial?philips TRL 311 CD Dutton CDLXT 2505, Decca Eloquence NIELSEN Maskarade, FS 39: Act 2 Prelude, Dance of the Cockerels 33 Decca LW 5132, BR 3111, London LD 9156, LL 1314, Polyphon LUPM 7005 CD Dutton CDLXT 2505, Decca Eloquence /6/57 DRSO (pp) STRAVINSKY Concerto for Piano and Winds, Hermann D Koppel p CD Danacord DACOCD 562 (set 561 2) 12/1/58 DRSO (pp) NIELSEN At a Young Artist s Bier, FS 58 CD Danacord DACOCD 355 (set DACOCD 354 6) 29/5/58 DRSO (pp) NIELSEN Flute Concerto, FS 119, Poul Birkelund fl, CD Danacord DACOCD 354 (set DACOCD 354 6) 29/5/58 DRSO (pp) NIELSEN Hymnus Amoris, FS 21 (with Ruth Guldbæk s, Ellen-Margarethe Edles ms, Niels Brincker t, Niels Møller t, Holger Nørgaard bs, Niels Jul Bondo bs) Soloists, DR Choir and Boys Choir CD Danacord DACOCD 355 (set DACOCD 354 6) 16/2/59 DRSO (pp) NIELSEN Pan and Syrinx, FS 87 CD Danacord DACOCD 355 (set DACOCD 354 6) 20/6/59 DRSO (pp) NIELSEN Symphony No 3 (Sinfonia Espansiva), FS 60 Kirsten Hermansen s, Erik Sjøberg br 33 Danacord DACO 122 (set 121 3) CD Danacord DACOCD 352 (set 351 3) 31/3/1960 WAGNER Die Walküre: Act 1 (with Lauritz Melchior t, Dorothy Larsen s, Mogens Wedel bs) 33 Danacord DACO 176 (set ) DRSO (pp) (stereo) CD Danacord DACOCD 321 (set )

10 23/5/60 DRSO NIELSEN Saul and David, FS 25 (with Frans Andersson bs, Niels Møller t, Ruth Guldbæk s, Otte Svendsen t, Odd Wolstad bs, Mogens Wedel bs, Christen Blanke t, Inge Frey ms, Christine Philipsen s) Soloists, DR Choir, 33 Danacord DACO CD Danacord DACOCD (set )? DRSO (pp) NIELSEN Violin Concerto, FS 61, Arne Karecki vn DR tapes, unpublished (centenary bc 1965)? DRSO (pp) NIELSEN Little Suite for Strings, FS 6 DR tapes, unpublished (centenary bc 1965)? DRSO (pp) NIELSEN Sagadrøm, FS 46 DR tapes, unpublished (centenary bc 1965)? DRSO (?pp) NIELSEN The Mother, FS 94: Scene 7 Prelude DR tapes, unpublished (centenary bc 1965)? DRSO (pp, variously) SIBELIUS Symphonies 1 7 DR tapes, unpublished (BASED ON A DISCOGRAPHY COMPILED FOR THE PHONOGRAPH SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA)

11 Question-marks NOTES ON THE THOMAS JENSEN DISCOGRAPHY (2015z Approximately 25 question-marks (?), usually within square brackets, indicate data which are either lacking or speculative, whether disputable (disagreement between sources) or arrived at by estimate. Data listed with no such queries is taken as authentic, i.e. it is not known to be disputed or disputable. The Nielsen Maskarade Overture (April 1954) is said to have been published on non-commercial LP TRL 311, a product identified speculatively, and possibly unreliably, as Philips. DR unpublished tapes syndicated internationally for broadcast in the Carl Nielsen centenary year 1965 are all thought to be public performances, confirmed by applause or what seems to be audience noise in all cases except the item from The Mother, which lacks any definite clues. Tono LP catalogue numbers There is evidence of Tono, probably in its early LP releases, numbering its discs with an initial 33 in the manner of UK Columbia, e.g. 33L (25cm), 33X (30cm) and so on. These numbers, where known, are included in the discography. In no case is there evidence of a 33L or 33X release existing without an equivalent release employing what appears to be a later, more widely used style, replacing 33 with LP e.g. 33X and LPX Where two such parallel numberings are known to exist, they are included together, separated by an oblique stroke, thus: 33X 35005/LPX There is an anomaly in the case of 25cm disc 33002, for which we have a separate 33L prefix in respect of one of its three items (Johann Strauss I Radetzky March, October 1951) but not for the other two items (Møller works recorded November 1948). It is clear that 33L was issued in respect of Radetzky, and that disc would have included the two Møller works that were its companions on LPL Therefore, the 33L numbers are listed uniformly, alongside the 33X numbes, for all three items. The matrix number published by Danacord (DACOCD 503) for the Lumbye Amager Polka (1943) appears to be a typographical misprint. It is corrected without comment.