JØRGEN BENTZON
Chamber Music
Lars Thodberg Bertelsen
Danish Chamber Players

Jørgen Bentzon, composer

About
Jørgen Bentzon, who was a pupil of Carl Nielsen and Sigfrid Karg-Elert, was one of the most significant Danish composers of the generation after Carl Nielsen. In the 1920s and 1930s he developed a distinctive instrumental texture known as character polyphony, which he tried out and developed in his six Racconti. Alongside his composing activities Bentzon taught at Københavns Folke-Musikskole, a school for "people's Music" that he had helped to found in 1931.

Reviews
A rewarding listening experience
(American Record Guide)

All works here are played with compelling panache
(Fanfare)

This is an ideal recording for listeners who want to explore the rich Danish musical world beyond Nielsen.
(ArkivMusic.com)

Credits
Recorded at Fuglsang, Lolland, on 20 May 1997, 15-17 December 1998 and 14-15 April 1999

Recording producer: Jesper Jørgensen
Sound engineer: Jesper Jørgensen

Cover picture: Jais Nielsen: "Ung pige hæfter strømper" (1913)