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Nielsen, C.: Music of Carl Nielsen, Vol. 6 - Songs and Choral Works

1/1/1996, 62 Tracks, 3:42:50

Featuring

  • Aksel Schiøtz
  • Christian Christiansen
  • Herman David Koppel
  • Gerald Moore
  • Holger Lund Christiansen
  • Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  • Einar Nørby
  • Emil Reesen
  • Folmer Jensen
  • Guldborg Nørby
  • Richard Osterfeldt
  • Palle Alsfeldt
  • Vilhelm Herold
  • Helge Nissen
  • Anders Brems
  • Johannes Fønss
  • Mogens Wöldike
  • Thyge Thygesen
  • Agnete Zacharias
  • Johan Hye-Knudsen
  • Edith Oldrup
  • Svend Christian Felumb
  • Georg Leicht
  • Richard Jorgensen
  • Käthe Bruun Bielenberg
  • Niels Brincker
  • Kjell Olsson
  • Else Margrethe Jeppesen
  • Randi Teglbjerg
  • Gerda Fleisher
  • Thomas Jensen
  • Georg Høeberg
  • Frederik Schnedler-Petersen
  • Royal Danish Orchestra
  • Orchestra
  • Palestrina Choir
  • Studenter-Sangforeningen
  • Tivoli Symphony Orchestra
  • Vocal Concert Dresden
  • Danish Radio Madrigal Choir
  • DR SymfoniOrkestret
  • Staatskapelle Berlin
  • Orchestre Symphonique du Gramophone
  • Carl August Nielsen
  • Thomas Laub

Did you know?

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Performer Biography

Emil Telmányi, a Hungarian-born master violinist and Carl Nielsen's son-in-law, studied the composer's works directly with him, providing an important link to other performers.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

Carl Nielsen's music only achieved lasting international recognition after World War II, leading to the first recordings of his symphonies being made by enthusiastic Danish musicians.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Carl Nielsen's Symphony No. 2, "The Four Temperaments," was inspired by a naive pictorial series representing the cardinal humours, which he then characterized musically.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Carl Nielsen, the composer, did not think highly of recordings, calling the gramophone and radio "mechanical" and "tinned music, lacking life and flavour."

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Many of the performers on this album were Carl Nielsen's friends and colleagues, or were tutored by such friends, providing a close connection to the source.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

The only piece of Carl Nielsen's music recorded during his lifetime, apart from a handful of songs, was a "Cockerels' Dance" from Berlin in 1924.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Christian Christiansen, the piano player on several song recordings here, was the one Carl Nielsen took advice from when working on piano compositions.

Source: Booklet

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