Credits:

Weinberg / Arcadia Quartet

Description:

A collection of Nielsen symphonies by a master Italian conductor and a prestigious Scandinavian orchestra Digipak 3-CD setFabio Luisi is a native of Italy, Artistic Director of the Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Principal Conductor of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Chief Conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, and Music Director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, He has also served as Music Director of the Semperoper and Staatskapelle Dresden, Principal Conductor of the Metropolitan Opera, and General Music Director of the Zurich Opera. In Japan, he is well known at the Pacific Music Festival and the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival, and in September 2022, he will assume the position of Principal Conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra. He will release a special three-CD digipak set of Nielsen's six symphonies recorded with the prestigious Danish National Symphony Orchestra (DR Radio Symphony Orchestra), of which he has been Principal Conductor since 2017. The Danish National Symphony Orchestra plays with astonishing dedication and skill."-"Critics' Choice" by Gramophone magazine (2020) "The playing is the orchestra itself--light and lively, with a tight string section and warm brass The performance makes a strong case for being right for the orchestra itself - a nimble, witty ensemble featuring tight strings and warm brass playing - as well as for Nielsen's music.The orchestra members seemed to have Nielsen's distinctive sharp language in their veins, and Fabio Luisi urged the ensemble to showcase their passion unreservedly."-The San Francisco Chronicle (2017), Universal Music/ IMS

Tracklisting:

1.Symphony No.1 in G minor FS 16 (Op. 7)~1. Allegro orgoglioso
2.Symphony No.1 in G minor FS 16 (Op. 7)~2. Andante
3.Symphony No.1 in G minor FS 16 (Op. 7)~3. Allegro comodo
4.Symphony No.1 in G minor FS 16 (Op. 7)~4. Finale. Allegro con fuoco - Allegro molto
5.Symphony No.2 "The Four Temperaments" FS 29 (Op. 16)~1. Allegro collerico
6.Symphony No.2 "The Four Temperaments" FS 29 (Op. 16)~2. Allegro comodo e flemmatico
7.Symphony No.2 "The Four Temperaments" FS 29 (Op. 16)~3. Andante malincolico
8.Symphony No.2 "The Four Temperaments" FS 29 (Op. 16)~4. Allegro sanguineo