Nielsen: Symphonies (Complete)
Composer
Carl Nielsen
Artist
Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra
Theodore Kuchar conductor
Format
3 CD
Cat. number
92885
EAN code
5028421928852
Release
April 2006
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About this release
The central figure of Danish Romantic music Carl Nielsen enjoys relative fame these days. Especially some of his music for strings has become really popular. His symphonies rarely occur on concert programs, recordings are made hardly more often.
Brilliant Classics presents the recordings of all six symphonies by Carl Nielsen. Performed by the Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra under Theodore Kuchar.
Listening
Track list
Disk 1
1 Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 7: Allegro orgoglioso
2 Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 7: Andante
3 Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 7: Allegro comodo
4 Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 7: Finale, allegro con fuoco
5 Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 2, Op. 16 “The Four Temperaments”: Allegro collerico
6 Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 2, Op. 16 “The Four Temperaments”: Allegro comodo e flemmatico
7 Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 2, Op. 16 “The Four Temperaments”: Andante malincolico
8 Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 2, Op. 16 “The Four Temperaments”: Allegro sanguinoso
Disk 2
1 Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 3, Op. 27 “Sinfonia espansiva”: Allegro espansivo
2 Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 3, Op. 27 “Sinfonia espansiva”: Andante pastorale
3 Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 3, Op. 27 “Sinfonia espansiva”: Allegretto un poco
4 Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 3, Op. 27 “Sinfonia espansiva”: Finale, allegro
5 Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 4, Op. 29 “The Inextinguishable”: Allegro
6 Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 4, Op. 29 “The Inextinguishable”: Poco allegretto
7 Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 4, Op. 29 “The Inextinguishable”: Poco adagio quasi andante
8 Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 4, Op. 29 “The Inextinguishable”: Allegro
Disk 3
1 Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50: Tempo giusto
2 Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50: Allegro
3 Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 6 “Sinfonia semplice”: Tempo giusto
4 Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 6 “Sinfonia semplice”: Humoreske, allegretto
5 Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 6 “Sinfonia semplice”: Proposta seria, adagio
6 Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 6 “Sinfonia semplice”: Theme & variations