Michael Schønwandt, Carl Nielsen, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra - Nielsen: Symphonies, Vol. 3 - Nos. 4, "The Inextinguishable" and 5 (2009)

Tracklist

01. Symphony No. 4, Op. 29, FS 76, CNW 28 Inextinguishable: I. Allegro
02. Symphony No. 4, Op. 29, FS 76, CNW 28 Inextinguishable: II. Poco allegretto (8 bars After tempo marking)
03. Symphony No. 4, Op. 29, FS 76, CNW 28 Inextinguishable: III. Poco adagio quasi andante
04. Symphony No. 4, Op. 29, FS 76, CNW 28 Inextinguishable: IV. Con anima - Allegro
05. Symphony No. 5, Op. 50, FS 97, CNW 29: I. Allegro giusto -
06. Symphony No. 5, Op. 50, FS 97, CNW 29: I. Adagio non troppo
07. Symphony No. 5, Op. 50, FS 97, CNW 29: II. Allegro -
08. Symphony No. 5, Op. 50, FS 97, CNW 29: II. Presto -
09. Symphony No. 5, Op. 50, FS 97, CNW 29: II. Andante un poco tranquillo -
10. Symphony No. 5, Op. 50, FS 97, CNW 29: II. Allegro (Tempo I)

The most important Danish composer of the first third of the twentieth century, Carl Nielsen was prolific in almost all genres. The six Symphonies are essentially tonal, emotionally direct works, which alternate long lines of melody with passages of blazing energy. Symphony No. 4, ‘The Inextinguishable’, his most dramatic, conveys ‘the elemental will to live’, while in his Symphony No. 5, written after the 1914–18 war, Nielsen develops new and stronger rhythms and more advanced harmonies. Symphonies Nos. 1 and 6 (8.570737) and Nos. 2 and 3 (8.570738) are also available.

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