Nielsen: Violin Concerto & Symphony No. 4

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It couldn’t have a better advocate than James Ehnes: strong in his lyricism when he needs to be, alert to all dynamics and a sense of fantasy which is outstanding in the two cadenzas. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 12th May 2023
Catalogue No: CHSA5311
Label: Chandos
Length: 67 minutes

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Nielsen: Violin Concerto, Op. 33 (FS61)

Work length33:25

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James Ehnes (violin)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner

Ia. Praeludium

Track length6:16

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Ib. Allegro cavalleresco

Track length12:03

$2.15

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IIa. Poco Adagio

Track length5:37

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IIb. Rondo

Track length9:29

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Nielsen: Symphony No. 4, Op. 29 (FS76) 'The Inextinguishable'

Work length34:23

$6.40

$7.80

$9.60

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner

I. Allegro

Track length12:20

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$2.60

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II. A tempo (Poco allegretto)

Track length4:24

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$1.60

III. Poco Adagio

Track length9:04

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IV. Allegro

Track length8:35

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Nielsen’s epic Violin Concerto was premiered in Copenhagen in February 1912, by violinist Peder Moller. Nominally the work is set in two movements; both open with a slow section and move to a faster one. Whilst unusual, this could be seen as a more usual fast – slow – fast three movement form, but with an extensive slow introduction to the first movement. The music moves quickly from one idea to the next, and overall has a bold, playful and optimistic feel. In stark contrast, although written only a few years later, the fourth symphony is more cohesive and unified as a work. Written against the background of the first world war, the work is a celebration of life itself. Just before the premier in 1916, Nielsen described it as: ‘Music is Life, and, like it, inextinguishable.’ Composed in the usual four movement form, each movement continues from the last without a break. The final movement features two sets of timpani battling each other across the orchestra. The recording was made in Bergen’s Grieghallen, in Surround Sound, and is available as a hybrid SACD and in Spatial Audio

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July 2023

It couldn’t have a better advocate than James Ehnes: strong in his lyricism when he needs to be, alert to all dynamics and a sense of fantasy which is outstanding in the two cadenzas.

June 2023

James Ehnes – that most elegant and unflashy of players – seems to relish all that is unexpected about the piece...Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic give it real backbone and play like its greatest champions.

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