400 Jaar Nederlandse Muziek 1

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Album Info

Release Date: 1983

Label: Residentie-Orkest

To commemorate its 75 years jubilee, The Hague Philharmonic Orchestra has decided to issue this record album instead of the usual Commemoration book.

Previously released as "400 Jaar Nederlandse Muziek" in 1979.

The Concerto Grosso by Hellendaal (Track A1) is a live recording of a concert performed on June 3rd, 1975 at the Kurzaal in Scheveningen (Netherlands). All other works are especially recorded for radio broadcasting and for this compilation.

The 32-page glossy booklet, the size of the box, contains extensive notes in Dutch and English with lots of black and white photos.
The 6 records and the booklet are stored in a fully laminated stiff cardboard box.

Quote on the back of box-set 400 Years of Dutch Music, part 2:
On the occassion of its 75th anniversary in 1979, the Hague Philharmonic decided to publish the first part of the record project "400 Years of Dutch Music." This succeeded a series of concerts of the same name held in 1973, at which more than 110 works of 87 Dutch composers were performed. The surprising success which met part 1 (a sale more than 25,000 boxes and two Dutch Awards, a Gouden Platendoos and an Edison) encouraged the orchestra to complete the project with a part 2. The second collection emphasizes especially the work of Diepenbrock, Van der Horst, and Vermeulen, who also appeared in part 1, but broadens and enriches the range of the first part.