Browse: Holmboe (composer)

The grandeur Holmboe elicits from his small ensemble and basic thematic material is a lesson in compositional craft, the creation of a whole (considerably) greater than the sum of its parts...Excellent... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012 More…

All of this difficult music is extraordinarily well played by the Nightingale String Quartet. Their fresh and vibrant approach surpasses the Kontra Quartet and the recorded sound for the Nightingale’s... — Fanfare, September/October 2021 More…

This second instalment of Holmboe (190996) quartets by fellow Danes the Nightingale Quartet is a joy – lush, romantic playing, but equally clean and spacious. The works themselves owe a debt... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

That this is one the finest viola concertos ever penned I have not the slightest doubt, and it is thrown off with dazzling virtuosity by Tomter and the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra — Gramophone Magazine, July 2013 More…

As with all Holmboe's music, there are rewards in store for anyone who delights in following lines of pure musical thought. Nothing is gratuitous or extraneous; nor can the musical character... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2012 More…

The conductor penetrates the score of the Eighth with a particular sensitivity, and the Aarhus orchestra is equally persuasive in the Ninth, a dark, powerful work, among the finest Holmboe has... — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition More…