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Nielsen - Symphonies No.2 & No.3

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8570738

Barcode: 0747313073870

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 2nd June 2008

Works

Nielsen, Carl

Symphony no.2, op.16 'The Four Temperaments'
Symphony no.3, op.27 'Sinfonia espansiva'

Artists

Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano)
Poul Elming (tenor)
Danish National Symphony Orchestra / DR

Works

Nielsen, Carl

Symphony no.2, op.16 'The Four Temperaments'
Symphony no.3, op.27 'Sinfonia espansiva'

Artists

Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano)
Poul Elming (tenor)
Danish National Symphony Orchestra / DR

About

The most important Danish composer of the first third of the twentieth century, Carl Nielsen, was prolific in almost all genres. The Six Symphonies, which become increasingly adventurous as the cycle progresses, are essentially tonal, emotionally direct works, which alternate long lines of melody with passages of blazing energy.

The idea of writing a symphony based on the Four Temperaments (Symphony No.2) – The Choleric, The Sanguine, The Melancholic and The Phlegmatic - came to Nielsen when he saw a primitive peasant painting in a village inn.

The title of the Third Symphony, 'Sinfonia espansiva', an afterthought, has been explained as an expansion of the scope of the mind and of the life that comes with it.

The original Dacapo release of this recording won several awards, including a Gramophone Critics Choice, a Fanfare Critics Choice and a Danish Grammy.

“This is the welcome completion of what now ranks, in my judgment, as the best set of the Nielsen symphonies yet accomplished in the recording medium.” - Fanfare on the original Dacapo releases