Danacord is a Danish
classical music record label founded in 1979 in
Copenhagen
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by Jesper Buhl. Danacord has made many premiere recordings of lesser known Danish music. Danacord has also re-released historical recordings such as the survey by
Kai Laursen (1924-1996) survey for
Danish Radio
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of 26 Danish violin concertos, covering 200 years, in 10 volumes.
['' International Classical Record Collector'' ICRC. 1997 - Volume 3 Page 26 "Martin Anderson talks to the violinist Kai Laursen's widow about his life's work, a ten-CD boxed set of no fewer than 26 ... But the astonishing survey undertaken by the late Kai Laursen and now released on ten Danacord discs does just that. I thought I knew my Danish musical history reasonably well, but there are names here that I am not sure I have ever come.. " Page 27 "gloriously what-the-hell approach of Jesper Buhl, the head of Danacord - that, despite the evidence of the set spread in front of me, it still strikes me as slightly unreal."]
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External links
About Danacord{{Authority control
Classical music record labels