|
Formats and Editions
1. Symphony No. 4, Op. 29, FS 76, "The Inextinguishable": I. Allegro
2. Symphony No. 4, Op. 29, FS 76, "The Inextinguishable": II. Poco Allegretto (8 Bars After Tempo Marking)
3. Symphony No. 4, Op. 29, FS 76, "The Inextinguishable": III. Poco Adagio Quasi Andante
4. Symphony No. 4, Op. 29, FS 76, "The Inextinguishable": IV. Con Anima - Allegro
5. Symphony No. 5, Op. 50, FS 97: I. Allegro Giusto -
6. Symphony No. 5, Op. 50, FS 97: I. Adagio Non Troppo
7. Symphony No. 5, Op. 50, FS 97: II. Allegro -
8. Symphony No. 5, Op. 50, FS 97: II. Presto -
9. Symphony No. 5, Op. 50, FS 97: II. Andante Un Poco Tranquillo -
10. Symphony No. 5, Op. 50, FS 97: II. Allegro (Tempo I)
Details:
Schonwandt/Danish National RadMore Info:
The most important Danish composer of the first third of the twentieth century, Carl Nielsen was prolific in almost all genres. The six Symphonies are essentially tonal, emotionally direct works, which alternate long lines of melody with passages of blazing energy. The idea of writing a symphony based on the Four Temperaments - The Choleric, The Sanguine, The Melancholic, and The Phlegmatic, came to Nielsen when he saw a primitive peasant painting in a village inn. The title of the Third Symphony, Sinfonie espansiva, an afterthought, has been explained as an expansion of the scope of the mind and of the life that comes with it.
