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Nielsen, C.: Symphonies, Vol. 2 - Nos. 2, "The 4 Temperaments" and 3, "Sinfonia Espansiva"

12/24/2008, 8 Tracks, 1:10:59

Featuring

  • Michael Schønwandt
  • Inger Dam-Jensen
  • Poul Elming
  • DR SymfoniOrkestret
  • Carl August Nielsen

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Compositional Technique

Carl Nielsen's musical language, as demonstrated in his symphonies, is idiosyncratic and individual, essentially tonal but covering an extended range of keys with a cogent use of rhythms.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Michael Schønwandt, the conductor, was the first Scandinavian conductor ever to conduct at the Wagner Festspiele in Bayreuth in 1987 and 1988.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Carl Nielsen, a leading influence on Scandinavian music, was born in 1865, the son of a painter and village musician, and began his musical journey playing violin in his father's band.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album is a co-production with DR / Danish Broadcasting Corporation and was previously released on Dacapo 8.224126.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Poul Elming, a tenor on this recording, began his career as a baritone before making his tenor debut in 1989 as Parsifal at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Nielsen's Symphony No. 2, 'The Four Temperaments', completed in 1902, characterizes the four humours of early medical theory, an idea that came to him after seeing a primitive peasant painting in a village inn.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Inger Dam-Jensen, the soprano on this recording, won the Cardiff Singer of the World Competition in 1993.

Source: Booklet

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