IDAGIO | Nielsen: The Masterworks Vol. 2 - Chamber and Instrumental Works 636943600313

Featuring

Frederik Øland
Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen
Asbjørn Nørgaard
Carl-Oscar Østerlind
Tim Frederiksen
Erik Heide

Jonathan Slaatto
Martin Qvist Hansen
Søren Elbo
Jens Tofte-Hansen
Henning Hansen
Øystein Sonstad
Katrine Øigaard Sonstad
Anna Dina Schick
Max Artved
Jens Elvekjær
Ulla Miilmann Jorgensen
Nina Kathrin Schlemm
Katrine Bundgaard
Jon Gjesme
Tue Lautrup
Herman David Koppel
Danish String Quartet
Trio Ondine
DiamantEnsemblet
Carl August Nielsen

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Compositional Technique

Nielsen's last piano work, 'Piano Music for Young and Old,' expands the concept of five-finger exercises by using all eight chromatic notes within a fifth interval, allowing for harmonic variation.

Compositional Technique

In his Wind Quintet, Nielsen experimented with unusual colorings and extended solo passages, possibly to suit the individual temperaments of the five musicians who premiered the work.

Composer Biography

Carl Nielsen, a Danish composer, was a violinist in the Royal Danish Orchestra, a position he took to support his family while composing.

Critical Reception

Nielsen's A major violin sonata received harsh criticism at its premiere, with one reviewer calling it an "oddity" and another suggesting Nielsen was wasting his talent on "futile experimentation."

Composer's Artistic Vision

Carl Nielsen's Wind Quintet was inspired by hearing the Copenhagen Wind Quintet practicing Mozart's Sinfonia concertante, which highlighted the character of individual instruments.

Composition History

The E flat major string quartet was partially lost when Nielsen entrusted the manuscript to a boy who vanished, forcing him to reconstruct it from memory and sketches.

Composition History

Nielsen's F minor string quartet was written during his first journey outside Denmark, where he sought artistic impulses in Dresden, Leipzig, and Berlin.