Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 1-6

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It's fascinating to hear Carl Nielsen's six symponies in quick succession…Storgårds's approach is thoughtful…[and] the BBC Philharmonic players respond to their principal guest conductor superbly:... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2015 More…

Release Date: 1st Jun 2015
Catalogue No: CHAN10859(3)
Label: Chandos
Length: 3 hours 31 minutes

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Nielsen: Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 7 (FS16)

Work length33:30

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BBC Philharmonic
John Storgårds
Recorded: 24 February 2015
Recording Venue: MediaCityUK, Salford, United Kingdom

I. Allegro orgoglioso

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II. Andante

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III. Allegro comodo

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IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco

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Nielsen: Symphony No. 2, Op. 16 (FS29) 'The Four temperaments'

Work length33:08

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BBC Philharmonic
John Storgårds
Recorded: 28 October 2012
Recording Venue: MediaCityUK, Salford, United Kingdom

I. Allegro collerico

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II. Allegro comodo e flemmatico

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III. Andante malincolico

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IV. Allegro sanguineo

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Nielsen: Symphony No. 3, Op. 27 (FS60) 'Sinfonia espansiva'

Work length38:09

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Gillian Keith (soprano), Mark Stone (baritone)
BBC Philharmonic
John Storgårds
Recorded: 7 September 2013
Recording Venue: MediaCityUK, Salford, United Kingdom

I. Allegro espansivo

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II. Andante pastorale

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III. Allegretto un poco

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IV. Finale. Allegro

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

Work length35:09

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Paul Turner (timpani), Geraint Daniel (timpani)
BBC Philharmonic
John Storgårds
Recorded: 11 December 2014
Recording Venue: MediaCityUK, Salford, United Kingdom

I. Allegro

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II. Poco allegretto

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III. Poco adagio quasi andante

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IV. Allegro

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Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50 (FS97)

Work length36:09

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John Bradbury (clarinet), Paul Patrick (drum)
BBC Philharmonic
John Storgårds
Recorded: 27 February 2015
Recording Venue: MediaCityUK, Salford, United Kingdom

Ia. Tempo giusto

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Ib. Adagio

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IIa. Allegro

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IIb. Presto

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IIc. Andante un poco tranquillo

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IId. Allegro

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Nielsen: Symphony No. 6, (FS116) 'Sinfonia semplice'

Work length35:19

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BBC Philharmonic
John Storgårds
Recorded: 12 December 2013
Recording Venue: MediaCityUK, Salford, United Kingdom

I. Tempo giusto

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II. Humoreske

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III. Proposta seria

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IV. Tema con variazioni

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John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic here present a complete set of Nielsen’s symphonies, following on from the successful release a year ago of Sibelius’ complete symphonies. The two sets together celebrate the 150th anniversary this year of the birth of both composers. Several concerts devoted to Nielsen’s symphonies, played by the same forces, coincide with this release: on BBC 3 in February, at the Nielsen and Sibelius festival in Stockholm in April, during a week of celebrations at the Bridgewater Hall in June, etc.

Among the most performed works by Nielsen, these symphonies also reflect the composer’s musical emancipation from his early influences of folk music, Bach, Mozart, and even Brahms, Schumann, and Grieg, and his experimentation with progressive tonality and, later, radical departures from traditional compositional styles.

‘Carl Nielsen looked life straight in the face, and he never blinked: how many composers put their own heart attack into music? But no matter how startling, how vivid, or how outright eccentric Nielsen’s Sixth Symphony gets, it’s never depressing: this is music of life, not death. Everyone needs to hear it, and there’s no better guide than our principal guest conductor John Storgårds’ BBC PO concert programme.’ BBC Philharmonic programme notes

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September 2015

It's fascinating to hear Carl Nielsen's six symponies in quick succession…Storgårds's approach is thoughtful…[and] the BBC Philharmonic players respond to their principal guest conductor superbly: the woodwind with well-characterised phrasing…the strings with perfect discipline…Storgårds offers outstanding playing and a consistent personal view.

July 2015

the 'espansiva' manner of Storgårds's approach begins long before the Third Symphony and starts as it means to go on with the First. It isn't slow but it is solid, even a little deliberate - bracing in a big-boned way...The star turns are undoubtedly the Fourth and Fifth symphonies. The seismic energy of The Inextinguishable is brilliantly conveyed in really taut playing from the BBC Philharmonic.

25th June 2015

it’s not Sibelius that these performances bring to mind as much as, at times, Bruckner: Storgårds makes these works sound monumental, though not grand, and he takes the long view...It’s a more solid, more prosaic approach than some, but it works, and the orchestra is on classy form.

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