Mortensen - Queen Christina Concerto Copenhagen & Lars Ulrik

• Lazarin (ca. 1590 - 1653): Swedish Court Dances:
• 1 Lazarin: Swedish Court Dances: No. 1, Branle 01:12
• Pierre Werdier (1640 - 1718): Swedish Court Dances:
• 2 Werdier: Swedish Court Dances: No. 2, Allemande 01:59
• Louis Constantin (ca. 1585 - 1657): Swedish Court Dances:
• 3 Constantin: Swedish Court Dances: No. 3, Gavotte 00:39
• Philippe de la Hire (1640 - 1718): Swedish Court Dances:
• 4 Hire: Swedish Court Dances: No. 4, Courante pour la Reine de Suede 01:03
• Guilliame Dumanoir (1615 - 1697): Swedish Court Dances:
• 5 Dumanoir: Swedish Court Dances: No. 5, Galliarde 02:13
• William Young (ca. 1610 - 1662): Sonata No. 11 for 4 Violins in A Minor:
• 6 Young: Sonata No. 11 for 4 Violins in A Minor 05:33
• Alessandro Stradella 1643 - 1682): Sonata di viole in D Major:
• 7 Stradella: Sonata di viole in D Major 05:08
• Sinfonia No. 11 for 2 Violins in F Major:
• 8 Stradella: Sinfonia No. 11 for 2 Violins in F Major 04:57
• Carlo Gesualdo (1566 - 1613): Madrigals, Libro VI:
• 9 Gesualdo: Madrigals, Libro VI: No. 17, Moro, lasso 03:20
• Bernardo Pasquini (1637 - 1710): Sinfonia “I fatti di Mosè nel deserto”:
• 10 Pasquini: Sinfonia “I fatti di Mosè nel deserto” 02:50
• Alessandro Scarlatti (1660 - 1725): Sinfonia “Gli equivoci nel sembiante”:
• 11 Scarlatti: Sinfonia “Gli equivoci nel sembiante” 04:04
• Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713): 12 Trio Sonatas, Op. 1: Trio Sonata No. 9 in G Major:
• 12 Corelli: 12 Trio Sonatas, Op. 1: Trio Sonata No. 9 in G Major: I. Allegro - Adagio 01:39
• 13 Corelli: 12 Trio Sonatas, Op. 1: Trio Sonata No. 9 in G Major: II. Allegro 01:29
• 14 Corelli: 12 Trio Sonatas, Op. 1: Trio Sonata No. 9 in G Major: III. Adagio 02:19
• 15 Corelli: 12 Trio Sonatas, Op. 1: Trio Sonata No. 9 in G Major: IV. Allegro - Adagio 01:36
• 12 Concerti grossi, Op. 6: Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D Major:
• 16 Corelli: 12 Concerti grossi, Op. 6: Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D Major: I. Largo - Allegro 02:29
• 17 Corelli: 12 Concerti grossi, Op. 6: Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D Major: II. Largo - Allegro 02:36
• 18 Corelli: 12 Concerti grossi, Op. 6: Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D Major: III. Largo - Allegro 04:53
• 19 Corelli: 12 Concerti grossi, Op. 6: Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D Major: IV. Allegro 02:11
• Andreas Düben (1597 - 1662): Swedish Court Dances:
• 20 Duben: Swedish Court Dances: No. 1, Montirande 00:57
• 21 Duben: Swedish Court Dances: No. 2, Allemande 01:50
• 22 Duben: Swedish Court Dances: No. 3, Courante 00:49
• 23 Duben: Swedish Court Dances: No. 4, Sarabande 01:00
• 24 Duben: Swedish Court Dances: No. 5, Courante 00:54
• 25 Duben: Swedish Court Dances: No. 6, Gavotte 00:46
• 26 Duben: Swedish Court Dances: No. 7, Bourrée 00:33
• Total Runtime 58:59

Info for Mortensen - Queen Christina

Discover the extraordinary life of Queen Christina of Sweden (1626–1689), one of the 17th century’s most unconventional figures. Crowned at the age of six, she then abdicated when she was 28 and travelled from Stockholm to Rome, where she became a celebrated patron of the arts. Her passion for music helped shape Rome into a cultural capital, where she fostered talents such as Scarlatti and Corelli. This album traces her remarkable journey through the music she loved, from Swedish court compositions to Italian Baroque masterpieces.

Concerto Copenhagen, Denmark’s acclaimed early music ensemble, now brings this story to life with historical insight and artistic vitality, celebrating a queen who not only defied norms but also left an indelible mark on European culture.

Concerto Copenhagen
Lars Ulrik Mortensen, direction

Concerto Copenhagen
Music for our future heritage!

For over thirty years, Concerto Copenhagen has embarked on a journey of discovery, exploring music from the Baroque, Viennese Classical, and Early Romantic periods with historical awareness and commitment.

Today, Concerto Copenhagen stands as a leading light in its field, both nationally and internationally.

Under the musical direction of Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Concerto Copenhagen combines a joyous and inquisitive approach to historical material with artistic originality, resulting in a continual evolution of its performance style and delivery. Through this approach, the music is brought to life in a process of dynamic renewal, inspiring and delighting contemporary audiences.

Since its inaugural concerts in 1991, Concerto Copenhagen has released multiple internationally acclaimed albums and participated in hundreds of concerts, opera productions, soundtrack and video productions, and multidisciplinary performances around the world.

With a repertoire that combines more familiar European music with lesser-known works of Scandinavian origin and new music, the orchestra celebrated its 30-year anniversary in 2021 and was subsequently nominated for Danish Radio P2 Artist of the Year 2022.

Lars Ulrik Mortensen
(born 1955) studied at The Royal Academy of Music in Copenhagen (harpsichord with Karen Englund, figured bass with Jesper Bøje Christensen) and with Trevor Pinnock in London. From 1988 to 1990 he was harpsichordist with London Baroque and until 1993 with Collegium Musicum 90 (leader: Simon Standage). He now works extensively as a soloist and chamber-musician in Europe, the United States, Mexico, South America, Japan and Australia, performing regularly with distinguished colleagues such as Emma Kirkby, John Holloway and Jaap ter Linden.

Between 1996 and 1999 Lars Ulrik Mortensen was professor for harpsichord and performance practice at the Hochschule für Musik in Munich, and he now teaches at numerous Early Music-courses throughout the world. Until recently, Lars Ulrik Mortensen was also active as a conductor for "modern" orchestras in Sweden and Denmark, where especially his activities at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen - a.o. Kunzen's Holger Danske in 2000 and Mozart's Marriage of Figaro in 2003 - met with great critical acclaim. Since 2003, however, he has decided to work exclusively with period instrument ensembles. Since 1999, he has been artistic director of the Danish Baroque orchestra Concerto Copenhagen, and in 2004 he succeeded Roy Goodman as musical director of the European Union Baroque Orchestra (EUBO). For the period 2008-09, his busy schedule with Concerto Copenhagen will include performances of Handel's Partenope at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen and at the Royal Albert Hall in London, as well as tours in Holland, Spain, Austria, Japan and the United States.

Lars Ulrik Mortensen has recorded extensively for numerous labels including DGG-Archive, EMI and Kontrapunkt, and his recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations was awarded the French Diapason d'Or. A series of Buxtehude-recordings from the 1990s for the Danish Dacapo-label has met with universal critical acclaim. The first complete recording of Buxtehude's chamber music with John Holloway and Jaap ter Linden received the Danish Grammy-award for best classical recording of the year, another Grammy was awarded a CD with Buxtehude's cantatas with Emma Kirkby, and Lars Ulrik Mortensen became Danish Musician of the Year 2000 for his three CD's with harpsichord music by Buxtehude. These recordings also received the Cannes Classical Award 2001. Furthermore, a series of recordings with John Holloway, Aloysia Assenbaum and Jaap ter Linden of violin-sonatas by Schmelzer, Biber, Veracini and Leclair were released on the prestigious ECM-label. Directing Concerto Copenhagen, Mortensen has recorded the complete harpsichord concertos by J.S.Bach for CPO, which has received lavish praise in the international press, and 2004 also saw the release of recordings of Haydn piano concertos (with soloist Ronald Brautigam) on BIS as well as symphonies by the Danish composers J.E.Hartmann, Kunzen and Gerson on CPO.

Lars Ulrik Mortensen has received a number of prizes and distinctions, among them the Danish Music Critics' Award in 1984 and Denmark's most prestigious music award The Léonie Sonning Music Prize in 2007. In 2008 he was made a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.

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