Nielsen, Carl > Stevensson, Kjell-Inge

Nielsen: Symphonies, Overtures, Concertos, Wind Quintet & Piano Music / Blomstedt, Woldike, Andsnes, et al

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-05-27

Works: Carl Nielsen: Symphony no 1 in G minor, Op. 7; Symphony no 2 in B minor, Op. 16 "The Four Temperaments"; Bohmisk-dansk folketone, FS 130; Symphony no 3, Op. 27 "Sinfonia espansiva"; Symphony no 4, Op...
Performers: Andersen, Hans Christian; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Eriksson, Ib; Gobel, Bodil; Jarlkov, Ib; Johansen, Mogens Schmidt; Landy, Tonny; Lemmser, Frantz; Norup, Bent; Rasmussen, Peter; Schultz, Kirsten; Stevens...
Conductors: Brown, Iona; Davis, Andrew; Blomstedt, Herbert; Wöldike, Mogens;
Ensemble: ; Melos Ensemble of London

Carl Nielsen stands alongside fellow Scandinavian composers Edvard Grieg and Jean Sibelius as one of the finest musical geniuses to come from the northern countries....continue...

Nielsen: Concertos, Orchestral Works / Blomstedt, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 1997-10-14

Works: Carl Nielsen: Symphonic Rhapsody in F major, FS 7; Helios Overture, FS 32/Op. 17; Saga-dream, FS 46/Op. 39; Concerto for Violin Op. 33 (FS 61); Pan and Syrinx, Op. 49; Concerto for Flute, FS 119; An ...
Performers: Jarlkov, Ib; Lemmser, Frantz; Stevensson, Kjell-Inge; Tellefsen, Arve
Conductors: Blomstedt, Herbert
Ensemble: Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

"This set, from Blomstedt's 1975 cycle of the Nielsen symphonies, is definitely one to recommend...If it's hard for you to choose between the BIS and...continue...