Carl Nielsen's Symphony No. 2, 'The Four Temperaments', was inspired by a comical wall-painting in a tavern depicting the four bodily fluids of ancient medical theory.
Album & Artwork
This album, Volume 16 of 'The Thomas Jensen Legacy', completes a Jean Sibelius cycle within the collection and features works by Danish composers often overlooked.
Performer Biography
Thomas Jensen, the conductor on this album, studied with Carl Nielsen, whose Symphony No. 2 is featured on this recording.
Recording & Production
The recordings in this album represent a 'last gasp of a lost tradition' of Danish orchestral playing and esprit de corps, as the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra suffered after Thomas Jensen's death.
Composer Biography
Laurids Lauridsen, a Danish composer featured on this album, became blind as a child and learned music at the Royal Institute for the Blind in Copenhagen.
Performer Biography
Before becoming a conductor, Thomas Jensen played cello in the Danish premieres of Beethoven's Ninth and Mahler's Fourth and Ninth symphonies.
Performer Biography
Thomas Jensen also played cello in the first performances of Carl Nielsen's Fourth and Fifth symphonies, as well as most of Jean Sibelius's symphonies, under the composers' batons.
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