Niels Viggo Bentzon
Born: 24th August 1919, Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: 25th April 2000
Danish classical pianist and composer of modern classical music. Bentzon came from a musical family. He was the grand grandson of Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, cousin to Jørgen Bentzon and flutist Johan Bentzon. Trained as pianist by a.o. Leo Mathisen, In the 60's he focused on twelve-note composition.
Piano Works
Niels Viggo Bentzon, Ramez Mhaanna
2023
Dacapo (4)
CD, Album
Wind Quintets
Niels Viggo Bentzon, Carl Nielsen Quintet
2022
Dacapo (4)
CD, Album
Niels Viggo Bentzon Plays Bentzon, Scriabin A.O.
Niels Viggo Bentzon
2019
Danacord
2xCD, Comp, Mono, RE, RM
Sonata For Flute & Piano
J.P.E. Hartmann* / Jørgen Bentzon / Niels Viggo Bentzon - Bent Larsen, Sverre Larsen
2010
Classico
CD, Album
Chamber Quintet & Chamber Works
Ole Schmidt - Niels Viggo Bentzon - Mist Thorkelsdóttir* - Erik Norby - John Von Daler, The Copenhagen Chamber Ensemble
2007
Classico
CD, Album
Chamber Music For Brass Instruments
Niels Viggo Bentzon
2007
Classico
CD, Album
Bentzon Plays Bentzon & Schoenberg - Recordings 1942-51
Niels Viggo Bentzon
2006
Classico
CD, Comp
Piano Sonatas Vol. 2
Niels Viggo Bentzon, Christina Bjørkøe
2006
Dacapo (4)
CD, Album
Symphony 8 & Symphonic Variations
Niels Viggo Bentzon / Gothenburg-Aarhus Philharmonic*, Douglas Bostock
2005
Classico
CD, Album
Kaleidoscope: Piano Trios
Herman D. Koppel, Karl Aage Rasmussen, Niels Viggo Bentzon, Poul Rovsing Olsen, Bent Lorentzen - Jalina Trio
2005
Dacapo (4)
CD, Album
Works For Cello And Piano
Niels Viggo Bentzon : Niels Ullner / Rosalind Bevan
2004
Dacapo (4)
CD, Album
Chamber Music
Herman D. Koppel, Niels Viggo Bentzon, Nikolaj Bentzon, Wind Quintet Of The DNSO*
2002
Dacapo (4)
CD
Deep Remembering
Gail Williams, Mary Ann Covert, Ludwig van Beethoven, Jan Koetsier, Niels Viggo Bentzon, Jean-Michel Damase, Marcel Bitsch, Dana Wilson
2001
Summit Records (3)
CD, Album
Toccata - Partita - Woodcut - Caleidoscope
Niels Viggo Bentzon, Anker Blyme
2000
Danacord
CD, Album
In The Forest
Jens Juul, Ulrich Stærk, Niels Viggo Bentzon, Allan Botchinsky*, Erik Bach, Gudrun Lund, Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen, Butch Lacy, Niels Marthinsen
2000
Classico
CD
Three Great Danish Pioneer Pianists
Niels Viggo Bentzon, Egil Harder, Folmer Jensen
1999
Danacord, Danacord, Danacord
2xCD, Comp
Organisazione Populare
Niels Viggo Bentzon
1999
Danacord
CD, Album
Piano Concerto No. 4 / Five Mobiles
Niels Viggo Bentzon, Anker Blyme, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Ole Schmidt
1999
Dacapo (4)
CD, Comp
12 Caprices : 16 Etudes
Alfredo Piatti*, Niels Viggo Bentzon, Erling Bløndal Bengtsson
1997
Danacord
CD, Album
Symfoni No. 5 - Symfoni No. 7
Niels Viggo Bentzon
1997
Taiwanese Sonata
Niels Viggo Bentzon
1996
Classico
CD, Album
Solo Piano Improvisations
Niels Viggo Bentzon
1996
AV-ART
CD, Album
Oboe And Piano
Carl Nielsen • Niels Viggo Bentzon • Otto Mortensen • Vagn Holmboe • Per Nørgård — Max Artved, Per Salo
1996
Dacapo (4), Marco Polo
CD
Second Symphony : Pezzi Sinfonici : Two Pieces From The Ballet "Bolt"
Szymanowski*, N.V. Bentzon*, Shostakovich*, Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra*, Okko Kamu
1996
Copenhagen Suites I-IV
Niels Viggo Bentzon
1994
Classico
CD, Album
Contemporary Danish Works For Clarinet
John Kruse (2), Bentzon*, Koppel*, Ruders*, Sørensen*
1993
Paula
CD, Album
Symphonies 3 & 4
Niels Viggo Bentzon / Aarhus Symphony Orchestra*, Ole Schmidt
1993
Works For Piano
Niels Viggo Bentzon, Per Salo
1992
Kontrapunkt
CD
Sonatas For Saxophone And Piano
Niels Viggo Bentzon, Per Egholm
1989
Kontrapunkt
CD, Album
Holmboe, Bentzon, Ramsöe
Københavns Messingblæserkvintet, Holmboe*, Bentzon*, Ramsöe*
1987
KMK Records (2)
LP
Serenata, Fantasia Chaconne And Allegro, Pezzi Sinfonici
Walter Piston, David Van Vactor, Niels Viggo Bentzon
1985
The Louisville Orchestra First Edition Records
LP, Mono
Piano
Niels Viggo Bentzon / Reger*, Scriabin*, Bentzon*
1984
Danacord
LP, Album
Symfoni Nr.4, Opus 55 / Fem Mobiler, Opus 125
Niels Viggo Bentzon, Aarhus Symfoniorkester, Ole Schmidt
1984
Philips
LP, Album
Symfonier I Nr. 3., / Nr. 5., / Nr. 7
Niels Viggo Bentzon, Aarhus By-Orkester, Ole Schmidt
1982
Koncert For Klaver Og Orkester Nr. 4, Opus 96
Niels Viggo Bentzon
1982
Værker For 2 Klaverer • Koncert For Fløjte Og Orkester • Quartetto For 4 Fløjter
Niels Viggo Bentzon
1982
Rosenberg / Bentzon
Rosenberg* / Bentzon*, Köpenhamns Stråkkvartett*
1977
Caprice Records
LP, Album
Contemporary Danish Music For Orchestra Volume Two (Feature On René Descartes / To Love Music)
Niels Viggo Bentzon / Henrik Colding-Jørgensen, The Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra*, Ole Schmidt
1977
BIS, BIS
LP, Album
Strygekvartet Nr. 6, Opus 124 / Strygekvartet Nr. 2, Opus 62 / Strygekvartet Opus 28 / Strygekvartet
Niels Viggo Bentzon, Povl Rovsing Olsen*, Svend Westergaard, Peder Holm, Den Danske Kvartet
1970
FONA
LP
Klaversonate nr. 4, opus 57 & nr. 5, opus 77
Niels Viggo Bentzon
1970
FONA
LP, Album, Mono
Memories Of Lorca
Niels Viggo Bentzon Med The Maxwells*
1968
Philips
7", Mono
Kommerkoncert For 11 Instrumenter, Opus 52 / Symfoniske Variationer, Opus 92
Niels Viggo Bentzon, Det Kongelige Kapel, Jerzy Semkow
1968
Præludium, Intermezzo, Fugato For Orgel / Variationer For Orgel, Op 103
Charley Olsen, Franz Syberg, Niels Viggo Bentzon
1965
FONA
LP
Third Stream Music
Niels Viggo Bentzon Featuring The Contemporary Jazz Quartet
1965
Sechs Kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19
Arnold Schönberg*, Niels Viggo Bentzon
1949
His Master's Voice
Shellac, 10"
Together. Duos Für Violine Und Kontrabaß
Hans Vogt (3), Isang Yun, Erhan Sanri, H.I. Franz Biber*, Niels Viggo Bentzon - Helge Slaatto, Frank Reinecke
ambitus
CD
Det Tempererede Klaver 1
Niels Viggo Bentzon
FONA
LP
Det Tempererede Klaver 2
Niels Viggo Bentzon
FONA
LP
Vølvens Spådom / Your Sister's Drown'd / 3 Inuit-sange / Sagn
Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, Ingolf Gabold, Vagn Holmboe, Niels Viggo Bentzon, Studenter-sangforeningen, Tivolis Koncertsals Orkester Dirigenter: Eifred Eckart-Hansen, Tamás Vetö
FONA
LP
Suite Für Klavier, Op. 25
Arnold Schönberg*, Niels Viggo Bentzon
His Master's Voice, His Master's Voice
2xShellac, 12", Album
Contemporary Danish Music For Orchestra Volume 1
Niels Viggo Bentzon, Henrik Colding-Jørgensen, Erik Norby, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra* Conducted By John Frandsen And Ole Schmidt
BIS
CD
Meet The Danes
Niels Viggo Bentzon, Henning Nystad
RCA Victor, RCA Victor
LP, Album
26 Danish Violin Concertos
Claus Schall, Niels Wilhelm Gade, Launy Grøndahl, Johannes Frederik F. Frölich, Emil Hartmann, Henning Wellejus, Johan Svendsen, Ludvig Holm (2), Axel Gade, Peder Gram, Rued Langgaard, August Enna, Hakon Børresen, Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller, Siegfried Salomon, Otto Malling, Knudåge Riisager, Eyvin Andersen, Niels Viggo Bentzon, Jens Laursøn Emborg, Leif Thybo, Vagn Holmboe
Danacord
10xCD, Mono + Box, Mono
Mosaique Musicale / Primavera
Niels Viggo Bentzon, Vagn Holmboe
Triola
10", EP
Serenata, Fantasia Chaconne And Allegro, Pezzi Sinfonici
Walter Piston, David Van Vactor, Niels Viggo Bentzon
First Edition Records
LP, Mono
Niels Viggo Bentzon Spiller Beethoven
Niels Viggo Bentzon
Spirales - Snapshots Of Contemporary Classical Music
Vagn Holmboe • Niels Viggo Bentzon • Toru Takemitsu • Rudolph Simonsen • And Others*
The Warner Classics Edition Complete Symphonic, Lieder & Choral Recordings
Wolfgang Sawallisch
2024
Warner Classics
65xCD, Comp, Mono, RM + Box
Thomas Jensen Legacy, Vol. 10
Thomas Jensen
2022
Danacord
2xCD, Comp
Thomas Jensen Legacy, Volume 6
Thomas Jensen
2021
Danacord
2xCD, Comp
The Danish Radio Recordings 1958-1998 Vol.2
Erling Bløndal Bengtsson
2019
Danacord
2xCD, Comp
The Danish Radio Recordings 1966 - 2002 Vol.1
Erling Bløndal Bengtsson
2019
Danacord
2xCD, Comp
Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium (The Royal Danish Academy of Music 150 years)
Various
2017
Dacapo (4)
12xCD, Comp + Box
Danish Music For Trumpet And Piano
Kristian Steenstrup, Eriko Takezawa
2013
CDKlassisk
CD, Album
A DR Tribute To Erling Blöndal Bengtsson - The Early Danish Recordings 1955-59
Erling Blöndal Bengtsson*, The Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra*, Nicolai Malko, Thomas Jensen
2012
Danacord
CD, Album, Mono
Snapshots - Developments Of Contemporary Classical Music
Various
2010
Classico
10xCD, Comp + Box, Comp
Into The 21st Century - Music For Horn And Piano
Jeffrey Powers, Vincent Devries
2007
MSR Classics
CD, Album
Tonya Lemoh
Tonya Lemoh
2005
Classico
CD, Album
Improvised Varieties
Henrik Ehland Rasmussen
2004
Intuitive Records
CD, Album
Et Clarinetportræt
Various
2004
Classico
2xCD, Album
Classicos Danske Musikhistorie 1000-2000
Various
2003
Classico
5xCD, Comp
Maxwell Street
Maxwells
2003
The Nordic Cello
Erling Bløndal Bengtsson
2001
Danacord
CD, Album
Original Works For Flute And Organ
Duo Alain
1999
Danacord
CD, Album
THE WORLD OF THE DANISH ORGAN
Bine Katrine Bryndorf, Jesper Madsen, Hanne Kuhlmann, Grethe Krogh, Jens E. Christensen, Lars Sømod Jensen, Christian Præstholm
1999
Helikon
CD
Niels Viggo Bentzon: Piano Sonatas Nos. 3, 5 & 9
Rudolfo Llambías*
1999
Dacapo (4)
CD, Album
Twentieth-Century Trumpet
Ole Edvard Antonsen, Wolfgang Sawallisch
1998
EMI Classics
CD, Album
Danish Violin Concertos Vol 5
Kai Laursen
1997
Danacord, Danacord, Danacord
2xCD, Comp, Mono
Danish Piano Miniatures
Erik Fessel
1995
Danacord, Danacord, Danacord
2xCD, Comp
Two Centuries Of Classical Music
Various
1995
Copenhagen 96 ● Cultural Capital Of Europe
CD, Comp, Promo
Ensemble Nord
Ensemble Nord (2)
1992
Paula
CD, Album
Flying High
Joseph Petric
1988
World Records (3)
LP
Til koncert med Den Kongelige Livgardes Musikkorps
Den Kongelige Livgardes Musikkorps, Carsten Svanberg
1988
Danica Records (2)
LP
Gedaante
Gerie Daanen
1987
TBJ, TBJ
LP, Album
Contemporary Danish Accordion Music
Mogens Ellegaard
1987
Point (2)
CD, Album
Образы, Контрасты, Настроения
Александр Дмитриев (4)
1983
Мелодия
LP
Små Klaverstykker
Erik Fessel
1983
Philips
LP
Horn & Piano - Music For Horn And Piano By Schumann, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Bentzon, Heise, Nielsen
Ib Lanzky-Otto, Wilhelm Lanzky-Otto
1982
BIS, BIS
LP
Akkordeon
Hugo Noth
1981
Hohner
LP, Album
Edsberg 1979 : Sveriges Radios Musikskola Edsberg 20 År
Various
1979
SR Records
3xLP, Album + Box
Dansk Orgelmusik - Fra Hartmann Til Bentzon
Peter Langberg
1976
RECA
LP, Album
Danish Piano Music
John Damgaard Madsen*
1975
Odeon
LP
Contemporary Danish Piano Music
Bengt Johnsson
1974
Odeon
LP
Accordion
Hans Muthas
1973
Round Up
LP
1818 - 1968 Tale Og Tone Klip (Fra Bankens Jubilæums Festligheder)
Det Kgl. Danske Musikkonservatoriums Orkester*
1968
Elegant Elegaard
Ellegaard*
1965
Hohner, Hohner
LP, Album
Serenata / Fantasia, Chaconne And Allegro / Pezzi Sinfonici
The Louisville Orchestra
1958
First Edition Records
LP
Louisville Orchestra Commissions (1958)
The Louisville Orchestra
1958
First Edition Records, First Edition Records, First Edition Records, First Edition Records, First Edition Records, First Edition Records, First Edition Records
6xLP + Box
Danish Music
Bent Lylloff Presents The Malmö Percussion Ensemble
Point (2)
LP, Album
The Tempered Piano, Book 8, Op. 532: Prelude & Fugue in F-Sharp Major
Niels Viggo Bentzon
Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 44: Allegro, sempre fluente ed espressivo
Niels Viggo Bentzon
Mosaique musicale, Op. 54: Allegro molto -
Niels Viggo Bentzon
Traesnit (Woodcut), Op. 65
Niels Viggo Bentzon
Mosaique musicale, Op. 54: Adagio -
Niels Viggo Bentzon
Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 42: II. Adagio
Niels Viggo Bentzon
Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 42: III. Allegro
Niels Viggo Bentzon
Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 42: I. Allegro
Niels Viggo Bentzon
Mosaique musicale, Op. 54: Allegretto
Niels Viggo Bentzon
The Tempered Piano, Book 7, Op. 530: Prelude & Fugue in C Major
Niels Viggo Bentzon
Partita, Op. 38: II. Allegro
Niels Viggo Bentzon
Copenhagen Suite No. 2, Op. 569: Copenhagen Suite No. 2, Op. 569: No. 6. Gavotte I
Niels Viggo Bentzon
Rush On
Niels Viggo Bentzon
Dedicated to Flemming Dreisig, Op. 352
Niels Viggo Bentzon
Symphony No. 4, Op. 55, "Metamorphosen": I. Vivace - Moderato non troppo - Allegro -
Niels Viggo Bentzon
Symphony No. 3, Op. 46: I. Quasi Pastorale (tempo giusto)
Niels Viggo Bentzon
Partita, Op. 38: I. Præambulum. Largo
Niels Viggo Bentzon
Music for Concrete Poetry
Niels Viggo Bentzon
Nylon Tip
Niels Viggo Bentzon
Marcel Proust Vignet
Niels Viggo Bentzon