During the tenure of chief conductor Ádám Fischer, which began in 1999, the orchestra made a number of commercial recordings of symphonies and operas by Mozart.
In September 2014, DR announced the disbanding of the orchestra, effective 1 January 2015, citing budget cutbacks.
[3] Protests at the decision resulted, including objections to the haste of the decision by the DR board of directors, and that the Minister of Culture, Marianne Jelved, had authorised the dismantling before the orchestra had the opportunity to present a savings plan to allow it to continue.
After ending its affiliation with DR, the orchestra renamed itself the Danmarks Underholdningsorkester (lit.
[7] It gave its first concert as a privately funded ensemble on 1 February 2015 at the Royal Danish Academy of Music.