The Royal Danish Symphony Orchestra

The Royal Danish Orchestra is one of the world's oldest musical ensembles, tracing its lineage back to the middle of the 15th century. More recently, the orchestra has recorded both Danish music and works from other countries. The modern Royal Danish Orchestra dates back in an unbroken sequence of ensembles to a corps of trumpeters that was established at the court of Denmark's King Christian I in 1448. Composers Heinrich Schütz and Christoph Willibald Gluck were each early conductors. Under conductor Johan Svendsen the orchestra grew and took on an independent concert life apart from the opera. Among the modern conductors of the Royal Danish Orchestra was Paavo Berglund, who recorded a cycle of Carl Nielsen's symphonies with the group in 1988. In 2022, the orchestra released a live recording of Sibelius' The Tempest, Op. 109, led by conductor Okko Kamu.