Download, Nielsen (composer)
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Special offer. Nielsen & Sibelius: Violin Concertos
RecommendedJohan Dalene (violin)
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
Dalene has a strong command of long evolving lines – crucial in both composers – but he balances that with a fine feeling for ‘speaking’ phrasing and articulation...The expression can certainly... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2022, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st April 2022
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Concerto
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2022
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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Youthful passion occasionally pushes him to stylistic excess...but for most of the time he’s beauty incarnate and in perfect step with his composers’ various voices. He’s also blessed with a... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Special offer. Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
RecommendedRoyal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
It's a joy to find so much intelligent care and attention expended on Nielsen's First Symphony...You can feel the exuberance, the intellectual control, and also the sense of danger...But there's... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Orchestral Winner
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…this disc is a good reminder of just how experimental Nielsen could be: prepared to try out not just different stylistic devices but even different kinds of persona. Thomas Dausgaard conducts... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Orchestral
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2007, Orchestral Choice
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Record Review, December 2007, Critics Disc of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2007, Disc of the Month
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Taken at face value, the order and selection of works seems entirely random…However, the eccentric programme is carefully considered; repeated listening reveals new parallels between the pieces.... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, Instrumental Choice
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2018, Nouveauté
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2019, Solo Recital (flute)
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Luisi deserves the lion’s share of the credit. Instead of walking a fine line between the contrasting elements in Nielsen’s music, Luisi fully embraces those contrasts. At the same time, he... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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[ Symphony No. 5] The richness of the first movement is brought out with exceptional vividness, and Luisi’s sure rhythmic pulse keeps the music animated without let-up. As in the Fourth Symphony,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Orchestral
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Winners, Recording of the Year and Orchestral Winner
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Special offer. Nielsen: The Mother
RecommendedPalle Knudsen (baritone), Lovisa Wennesz (harp), Rune Most, Christine Nonbo Andersen (voice), Rasmus Gravers Nielsen (voice), Steffen Bruun (voice), Rikke Lender (voice), Malene Nordtorp (voice), Rafaell Altino (viola), Adam Riis, Ole Bartholin Kiilerich (piano), Eugen Tichindeleanu (violin), Jovana...
tenor Adam Riis has the most tuneful numbers, but baritone Palle Knudsen steals the show as the Fool, with his cynical songs. The Odense Symphony Orchestra, “one of Denmark’s five regional orchestras”... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Special offer. Nielsen: The Symphonies & Concertos
RecommendedErin Morley (soprano) & Joshua Hopkins (baritone), Nikolaj Znaider (violin), Robert Langevin (flute), Anthony McGill (clarinet)
New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th June 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Special offer. Oleg Shebeta-Dragan Plays Busoni, Françaix, Milhaud & Nielsen
Oleg Shebeta-Dragan (clarinet), Odense Symphony Orchestra, Anna Skryleva
With his warm tone, Shebeta-Dragan is a splendid advocate [for the Busoni] with playing of grace and fluidity, his silken touch making light of the tricky ‘string-inspired arpeggios’ of which... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2025, Editor's Choice
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