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Background: It is the fate of some countries to produce numerous major composers whilst others may have many there is one whose prowess tends to dominate all the others, such is the case of Denmark where Carl Nielsen lived between 1865 and 1931. The majority of these recordings were made in Copenhagen with the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Herbert Blomstedt in the first half of 1970s.

Whilst his works may not show the influence of his country’s literature and landscape as overtly as does Sibelius (with many of his works bearing distinct echoes of the Kalevala and, at times, it is almost easy to see the forests and lakes that he knew and loved), Nielsen is a composer who absorbed the distinctive atmosphere of his homeland. His scores are clear and forcefully argued, he used progressive tonality rather than resorting to the atonal techniques being practiced elsewhere in Europe.

CATALOGUE NR: 5194292
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 7 CD Set
PRICE: £ 18.99 including VAT, or £ 16.16 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 14-Apr-2008

COMPOSER: Carl Nielsen
TITLE: Nielsen: The Collector's Edition
TRACKS: Symphony No.1 in G minor FS16 op.7. Symphony No.2 FS29 op.16 'The Four Temperaments'. Bohmisk-dansk folketone - Bohemian-Danish Folk Tune FS130. Symphony No.3 FS60 op.27 'Sinfonia espansiva. Symphony No.4 FS76 op.29 'The Inextinguishable'. Ved en ung Kunstners Baare - At the bier of a young artist FS58. Symphony No.5 FS97 op.50. Symphony No.6 FS116. Little Suite for String Orchestra FS6 op.1. Symphony Rhapsody FS7. Helios Overture FS32 op.17. Violin Concerto FS61 op.33. Overture Maskarade FS39. Saga-drom FS46 op.39. Pan og Syrinx FS87 op.49. Flute Concerto FS119. Rhapsodie Overture - An Imaginary Journey to the Færoe Islands FS123. Clarinet Concerto FS129 op.57. Hymnus Amoris FS21 op.12. Sovnen - Sleep FS33 op.18. Wind Quintet FS100 op.43. Chaconne FS79 op.32. Suite 'Den Luciferiske' FS91 op.45. Tre Klaverstykker - Three Piano Pieces FS131 op.59. Fem Klaverstykker - Five Piano Pieces FS10 op.3. Humoreske-bagateller FS22 op.11.
ORCHESTRA: Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Herbert Blomstedt and Mogens Woldike
ARTISTS: Melos Qt   Arve Tellefsen   Frantz Lemmser   Leif Ove Andsnes

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1976-1995

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