Carl Nielsen, the principal post-Romantic Danish composer, was born in 1865, the son of a painter and village musician. Childhood experience as an amateur performer led to subsidised study at the Copenhagen Conservatory and a long career during which he developed his own personal style of composition, in particular in a series of important symphonies.
Orchestral Music
Nielsen wrote six symphonies, all of which repay attention. The best known are Symphony No. 2, ‘The Four Temperaments’ and Symphony No. 4, ‘The Inextinguishable’. Symphony No. 5, written after the First World War, represents, in its two movements, the composer’s struggle to develop new and stronger rhythms and more advanced harmony. His concertos for clarinet, for flu...
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NIELSEN, C.: Complete Symphonies / The Light and the Darkness | |
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NIELSEN, C.: Complete Symphonies / The Light and the Darkness
Composer:
Nielsen, Carl
Artists:
Dam-Jensen, Inger -- Danish National Symphony Orchestra -- Elming, Poul -- Mathiesen, Rene -- Nybye, Tom -- Schioler, Christian Utke -- Schonwandt, Michael -- Thomsen, Niels
Label/Producer: Dacapo |
NIELSEN, C.: Maskarade (Royal Danish Opera, 2006) | |
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NIELSEN, C.: Maskarade (Royal Danish Opera, 2006)
Composer:
Nielsen, Carl
Artists:
Byriel, Sten -- Elming, Poul -- Fischer, Hanne -- Hedegaard, Ole -- Jakobsson, Anders -- Jespersen, Jakob Bloch -- Milling, Stephen -- Resmark, Susanne -- Reuter, Johan -- Riis, Niels Jorgen -- Royal Danish Opera Chorus -- Royal Danish Orchestra -- Schonwandt, Michael -- Stille, Gisela
Label/Producer: Dacapo |
NIELSEN, C.: Maskarade [Opera] (Sung in German) (Frankfurt Opera, 2021) | |
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NIELSEN, C.: Maskarade [Opera] (Sung in German) (Frankfurt Opera, 2021)
Composer:
Nielsen, Carl
Artists:
Buczkowska, Monika -- Bullock, Susan -- Engel, Titus -- Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra -- Frankfurt Opera Chorus -- Holender, Liviu -- Levine, Samuel -- McCown, Michael -- Porter, Michael -- Reiter, Alfred -- Zechmeister, Barbara
Label/Producer: Naxos |
NIELSEN, C.: Saul and David (Royal Danish Opera, 2015) | |
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NIELSEN, C.: Saul and David (Royal Danish Opera, 2015)
Composer:
Nielsen, Carl
Artists:
Bruun, Pernille -- Kramp, Morten -- Kristensen, Michael -- Olberg, Leif Jone -- Petersen, Ann -- Resmark, Susanne -- Reuter, Johan -- Riis, Niels Jorgen -- Royal Danish Opera Chorus -- Royal Danish Orchestra -- Schonwandt, Michael -- Schreiber, Signe Sneh -- Staugaard, Morten
Label/Producer: Dacapo |
WALDBUHNE IN BERLIN 2006 - Scheherazade (Jarvi) | |
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WALDBUHNE IN BERLIN 2006 - Scheherazade (Jarvi)
Composers:
Fucik, Julius -- Grieg, Edvard -- Lincke, Paul -- Massenet, Jules -- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -- Nielsen, Carl -- Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich -- Saint-Saens, Camille
Artists:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra -- Jansen, Janine -- Jarvi, Neeme -- Kosmo, Ingebjorg -- Solberg, Marita
Label/Producer: EuroArts |