Symphonies Nos.4, 5 : Schonwandt / Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

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8570739

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Naxos *classic*

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CARL NIELSEN (1865-1931)
Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5

Symphony No. 4, FS 76, Op. 29 'The Inextinguishable' (1914-16)
Rene Mathiesen - timpani I
Christian Utke Schioler - timpani II

Symphony No. 5, FS 97, Op. 50 (1920-22)
Niels Thomsen - clarinet
Tom Nybye - snare drum

Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Michael Schonwandt, conductor

Digital Recordings: 10-11/1999

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. ( NAXOS )

Track List

01． Nielsen: Symphony No. 4, Op. 29, FS 76: I. Allegro 00:12:34
02． II. Poco allegretto (8 bars after tempo marking) 00:04:54
03． III. Poco adagio quasi andante 00:09:32
04． IV. Con anima - Allegro 00:09:33
05． Symphony No. 5, Op. 50, FS 97: I. Allegro giusto - 00:10:44
06． I. Adagio non troppo 00:10:01
07． II. Allegro - 00:06:31
08． II. Presto - 00:03:12
09． II. Andante un poco tranquillo - 00:04:56
10． II. Allegro (Tempo I) 00:03:06

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