Royal Academy of Music Soloists Ensemble, Ryan Wigglesworth - Nielsen: Symphony No. 6 & Commotio (Arr. by Hans Abrahamsen) (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Symphony No. 6 Sinfonia semplice (Arr. for Small Orchestra by Hans Abrahamsen): I. Tempo giusto
02. Symphony No. 6 Sinfonia semplice (Arr. for Small Orchestra by Hans Abrahamsen): II. Humoreske. Allegretto
03. Symphony No. 6 Sinfonia semplice (Arr. for Small Orchestra by Hans Abrahamsen): III. Proposta seria. Adagio
04. Symphony No. 6 Sinfonia semplice (Arr. for Small Orchestra by Hans Abrahamsen): IV. Tema con variazioni
05. Commotio, Op. 58 (Arr. for Orchestra by Hans Abrahamsen): I. Adagio
06. Commotio, Op. 58 (Arr. for Orchestra by Hans Abrahamsen): II. Andantino quasi allegretto
07. Commotio, Op. 58 (Arr. for Orchestra by Hans Abrahamsen): III. Andante sostenuto
08. Commotio, Op. 58 (Arr. for Orchestra by Hans Abrahamsen): IV. Crotchet = 80

Marking the 100th anniversary of Carl Nielsen’s Sixth – and last – Symphony, conductor Ryan Wigglesworth joins Royal Academy of Music’s outstanding young musicians to revisit the composer’s later period. This recording showcases two works by Nielsen in two spellbinding arrangements by fellow-Dane Hans Abrahamsen. The No 6 ‘Sinfonia semplice’, written during a period of declining health, is viewed by some as a strongly ironic work. However, its lightness is also deeply sincere. With its crystalline weightlessness, Abrahamsen’s chamber arrangement reclaims both the quizzical spirit and sense of fragility in the original. Commotio was Nielsen’s last major work, and modelled after the organ music of such composers as Buxtehude and J. S. Bach. Abrahamsen’s arrangement untangles its dense texture and harks back to Baroque instrumentation and sonorities. The result is a sound-world that defies chronology – a conversation across centuries.

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