Danish Radio P2 have selected five released, which will receive the title as Album of the Year 2023. Included on the list is The Orchestral Album, presenting the very first recodings of Else Marie Pade's orchestral music.
In the motivation, the P2 jury says: "The listener is given a unique opportunity to gain insight into Else Marie Pade's tonal language in a technically excellent recording with first-class musicians."
The Orchestral Album was recorded by Malmö Opera Orchestra with soloists Christina Åstrand and Michael Frank Møller conducted by Joachim Gustafsson and was released by Dacapo Records in November 2022.
The album was also received with great enthusiasm in Sweden, when it was released. "Malmö Opera Orchestra's posthumous premiere recording is the classical cultural achievement of the year" wrote Dagens Nyheter in an article with the critics' favourite albums of 2022. Danish magazine Seismograf also selected the album for their list of Top 10 Danish albums of the year 2022.
Find more information and listen to the album here.