Browse: Instrumental, Nielsen (composer)

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.... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

...a solid and satisfying five-hour survey. — Choir & Organ, March 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Flexible yet sturdy, Zilliacus treats the concerto like a special friend whom she is proud and delighted to share with anyone in her orbit. Daniel Blendulf and his Helsingborgians are sympathetic... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2016 More…

The suite is not only Nielsen's greatest keyboard work but arguably the mightiest ever written in Scandinavia. Martin Roscoe is right inside this music and guides us through its marvels with... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

There is something enchanting about this disc that opens it up to a wider circle of listeners than those who just want to hear the aria 'Lobet den Herren' from Bach's Cantata No. 137 sung in... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2011 More…

The quality of Froundjian’s playing is evident in the delicately nuanced account of Palmgren’s Snowflakes, which opens the programme…If you tend to get all carolled out over the Christmas season,... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The first disc includes admirable education pieces — a twin series covering sharp keys then flat — but it is the second that contains the deep, original substance...The Chaconne, Op 32, is profoundly... — Sunday Times, 12th April 2015 More…