Dacapo Records Explained

Dacapo Records
Distributor:	Naxos
Genre:	Classical, jazz, experimental
Country:	Denmark

Dacapo Records is a Danish classical music and new music record label. It was founded in 1989 to promote the classical and new music of Denmark and represents itself as "the Danish National label" ("Danmarks nationale pladeselskab"). The board includes university and Danish Radio appointees.^[1] Dacapo also produces jazz and experimental music.^[2]

Major projects

Dacapo's publications have included several large recording projects, in particular the Danmarks Nationale Musikantologi,^[3] and Den danske sangskat (Treasury of Danish Songs).^[4]

Dacapo music store

Dacapo Records' web store offers the label's full catalogue in various formats, including as mp3 format and the superior 24-bit digital audio.

Artists

The label's artists include:

• David Abell
• Anne Marie Fjord Abildskov
• Hans Abrahamsen
• Matthias Aeschbacher
• David Alberman
• Jens Albinus
• Aldubarán
• Rinaldo Alessandrini
• Alpha
• Birgitte Alsted
• Frode Andersen
• Kai Normann Andersen
• Stig Fogh Andersen
• Karl-Gustav Andersson
• Mogens Andresen
• Ole Edvard Antonsen
• Arditti String Quartet
• Arild String Quartet
• Bodil Arnesen
• Ars Nova Copenhagen
• Art of Brass Copenhagen
• Max Artved
• Britt Marie Aruhn
• Lars Arvidson
• Signe Asmussen
• Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen
• Musica Ficta

Notes and References

1. http://www.dacapo-records.dk/en/musicstore-dacapo-board.aspx Dacapo - Board of Directors
2. Web site: Dacapo Music Label. Naxos. 4 December 2016. 10 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170310204230/http://www.naxos.com/labels/dacapo-cd.htm. dead.
3. The Gramophone - Volume 85, Nos 1020-1023 2007- Page 54 "To be released in December 2007: DANMARKS NATIONALE MUSIK ANTOLOGI Dacapo Records. Denmark's national record label, was founded in 1986 with the purpose of publishing the best of Danish music past and present The majority ..."
4. Lansing D. McLoskey Twentieth Century Danish Music: An Annotated Bibliography 1998 Page 76 - Reel, James. "From Beginning to End: Danish Music on dacapo." Fanfare. 18:1 (Sept./Oct. 1994): 66-73. Description of the Danish label dacapo, with a brief historical background, focus of the label and survey of major releases"