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  Københavns Drengekor   [Copenhagen Boys Choir]    (est. 1924) Classical Choir of Men and Boys 
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Københavns Drengekor The Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir was founded in 1924 by Mogens Wöldike to perform choral music written for boys' and men's voices from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. In 1929 the Copenhagen City Council established a Choir School for the boys, the present Sankt Annæ Gymnasium (St. Anne's Gymnasium).

Prior to 1959, the Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir was permanently connected with Christiansborg Slotskirke (The Chapel of Chistiansborg Castle). Since then the choir has been giving regular concerts every Friday evening in Copenhagen Cathedral, and the boys have also been singing at High Mass and Vespers in the Cathedral.

With a comprehensive repertoire ranging from commissioned works by the leading composers of our time to the earliest polyphony the choir has over the years gained a reputation for being one of the finest of its type and it has recieved several high distinctions. The choir has given concerts in all parts of the world and has taken part in radio and television productions both in Denmark and abroad.
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Official Site: Københavns Drengekor
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Featured Recordings Compact | Full
Københavns Drengekor - Københavns Drengekor
Københavns Drengekor (Hamlet Production HAM00013-2, CD) 1997
Featuring Københavns Drengekor  
Københavns Drengekor - Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle (Kontrapunkt 32122/23, CD) 1992
Featuring Københavns Drengekor  
2-CD set. Also featuring Helle Hinz (soprano), Annemarie Moller (contralto), Lars Magnusson (tenor), Christiasn Christiansen (bass, Ulrik Staerk (piano, and Erik Kure (harmonium).
Københavns Drengekor - Københavns Drengekor
Københavns Drengekor (Hamlet HPLP, LP) 1985
Featuring Københavns Drengekor  
Conducted by Niels Møller. Music by Bach, Eccard, Prätorius, Hassler, Schein, Erythræus and Schütz.
Københavns Drengekor - Joseph Haydn: Missa Sancti Bernardi de Offida
Joseph Haydn: Missa Sancti Bernardi de Offida (Haydn Society - Boston HSL-2048, LP) 1953
Featuring Københavns Drengekor  
Conducted by Mogens Woldike, featuring the Danish Royal Opera Orchestra as well.
  1.   Missa Sancti Bernardi de Offida "Heiligmesse" - Kyrie  
  2.   Missa Sancti Bernardi de Offida "Heiligmesse" - Gloria  
  3.   Missa Sancti Bernardi de Offida "Heiligmesse" - Credo  
  4.   Missa Sancti Bernardi de Offida "Heiligmesse" - Sanctus  
  5.   Missa Sancti Bernardi de Offida "Heiligmesse" - Agnus Dei  
Københavns Drengekor - Benjamin Britten A Ceremony of Carols
Benjamin Britten A Ceremony of Carols (Decca LW5070, LP)
Featuring Københavns Drengekor  
Chorus Master Mogens Woldike Conducted by Benjamin Britten with Enid Simon (Harp)
  1.   Procession (L)  
  2.   Wolcum Yole! (L)  
  3.   There Is No Rose (L)  
  4.   That Yonge Child (L)  
  5.   Balulalow (L)  
  6.   As Dew in Aprille (L)  
  7.   This Little Babe (L)  
  8.   Interlude   Harp Solo played by Enid Simon
  9.   In Freezing Winter Night (L)  
10.   Spring Carol (L)  
11.   Deo Gracias (L)  
12.   Recesion (L)  
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Københavns Drengekor - Górecki: Miserere; Gubaidulina: Alleluia
Górecki: Miserere; Gubaidulina: Alleluia (Chandos CHAN 9523, CD) June 1997
Featuring Københavns Drengekor  
Henryk Górecki (1933 - 2010): Miserere, Op.44, for unaccompanied choir / Sofia Gubaidulina (b. 1931): Alleluia, for choir, boy soprano and orchestra (premier recording)

Hedwig Rummel, contralto; Karl-Gustav Andersson, tenor; Peter Fog, baritone; Jørgen Ditlevsen, bass; Four members of the Copenhagen Boys Choir.

Danish National Radio Choir
Danish national Radio Symphony Orchestra (Gubaidulina)
Dmitri Kitajenko (Gubaidulina)
Jesper Grove Jørgensen (Górecki)

Recorded in Danish Radio Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Oct. 4, 1994; Feb. 26, 27 & 29, 1996
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Københavns Drengekor - Janáček: Glagolitic Mass; Kodály: Psalmus hungaricus, Op.13
Janáček: Glagolitic Mass; Kodály: Psalmus hungaricus, Op.13 (Chandos CHAN 9310, CD) October 1994
Featuring Københavns Drengekor  
Janáček: Glagolitic Mass (original version) / Kodály: Psalmus hungaricus, Op.13

Tina Kiberg, soprano; Randi Stene, contralto; Peter Svensson, tenor; Ulrik Cold, bass. Per Salo, organ. Copenhagen Boys Choir, Danish National Symphony Choir, Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Sir Charles Mackerras

Recorded in: Danish Radio Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Jan. 21, 22 & 24, 1994.
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Københavns Drengekor - Britten: A Ceremony of Carols/A Boy was Born/etc.
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols/A Boy was Born/etc. (London 4363942, CD) July 1993
Featuring The Choir of All Saints Margaret Street   Downside School Boys' Choir, Purley   Michael Hartnett   Københavns Drengekor  
1. A Ceremony of Carols. Copenhagen Boys' Choir with Enid Simon. Conducted by Benjamin Britten
2. A Boy is Born. Purcell Singers / All Saints Margaret Street Church Choir with Michael Hartnett. Conducted by Benjamin Britten
3. Friday Afternoons. Downside School Boys' Choir (Lodge Downside School). with Viola Tunnard. Conducted by Benjamin Britten.
4. Psalm 150. Downside School Boys' Choir (Lodge Downside School). Conducted by Benjamin Britten
  1.   Procession (L)   tracks 1-12: A Ceremony of Carols
  2.   Wolcum Yole ! (L)  
  3.   There is no rose (L)  
  4.   That yongë child (L)  
  5.   Balulalow (L)  
  6.   As dew in Aprile (L)  
  7.   This little Babe (L)  
  8.   Interlude   Enid Simon, harp
  9.   In freezing winter night (L)  
10.   Spring Carol (L)  
11.   Deo gracias - Adam lay ibouden (L)  
12.   Recession (L)  
13.   A Boy was Born (theme) (L)   tracks 13-19: A Boy was Born, Michael Hartnett, treble
14.   Variation I : Lullay, Jesu (L)  
15.   Variation II : Herod (L)  
16.   Variation III : Jesu, as Thou art our Saviour (L)  
17.   Variation IV : The Three Kings (L)  
18.   Variation V : In the bleak mid-winter (L)  
19.   Variation VI : Finale - Noel ! (L)  
20.   Begone, dull care! (L)   tracks 20-30 : Songs from 'Friday Afternoons'
21.   A tragic story (L)  
22.   Cuckoo ! (L)  
23.   A New Year Carol (L)  
24.   I mun be married on Sunday (L)  
25.   There was a man of Newington (L)  
26.   Fishing Song (L)  
27.   The useful plough (L)  
28.   Jazz-Man (L)  
29.   There was a monkey (L)  
30.   Old Abram Brown (L)  
31.   Psalm 150, op. 67 (L)  
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Københavns Drengekor - Nielsen: Choral Works
Nielsen: Choral Works (Chandos CHAN 8853, CD) October 1992
Featuring Københavns Drengekor  
Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931): Hymnus Amoris Op.12; The Sleep Op.18; Springtime in Funen Op.42; Three Motets Op.55

Inga Nielsen, soprano; Peter Gronlund, tenor; Arne Elkrog, tenor; Poul Elming, tenor; Per Hoyer, baritone; Jørgen Ditlevsen, bass; Sten Byriel, bass. Children`s Chorus of Skt. Annae; Copenhagen Boys Choir; Danish National Radio Chamber Choir; Danish National Symphony Choir; Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Leif Segerstam

Recorded in Danish Radio Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Dec. 18 & 19, 1989, Aug. 1990.
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Books Compact | Full
Københavns Drengekor - Sangskolen
Sangskolen (Selskabet Københavns Drengekors Venner , Book) May 1998
Featuring Københavns Drengekor  
Available at   Sangskolen
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