Danish composer Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen (b. 1969) brings together two of his major orchestral works of the 2010s, Der Wind bläset wo er will and his Cello Concerto, for his third release on Dacapo Records. Olesen's stunning music is about life and about being alive: each piece is a world unto itself. They are recorded here with cellist Johannes Moser and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Otto Tausk.

The music by Danish composer Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen likes to explore experiences of the past; sometimes specifically with quotations or pseudo-quotations, always relating to a contemporary experience.

Olesen creates music that is dominated by an exceptionally well-developed imagination, and his creations can be seen as narratives of situations and conditions of a universal human nature.

This album contains the world premiere recordings of two of Olesen’s major works; the orchestral work Der Wind bläset wo er will and his Cello Concerto.

Hailed by Gramophone magazine as ‘one of the finest among the astonishing gallery of young virtuoso cellists’, German-Canadian cellist Johannes Moser has performed with the world’s leading orchestras. In Olesen’s highly personal Cello Concerto, written to the memory of the composer’s mother, Moser’s virtuoso playing is accompanied by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra.