Composer: Vagn Holmboe, Herman D Koppel, Carl August Nielsen, Poul Schierbeck, Svend Erik Tarp
Performer: Boris Linderud, Kirsten Schultz
Orchestra: Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Thomas Jensen
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Danacord
Catalogue: DACOCD914
Release: 2021
Size: 585 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Nielsen: Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 7 (FS16)
01. I. Allegro orgoglioso
02. II. Andante
03. III. Allegro comodo
04. IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco
Nielsen: Little Suite for Strings in A Minor, Op. 1, FS 6
05. I. Prelude. Andante con moto
06. II. Intermezzo. Allegro moderato
07. III. Finale. Andante con moto – Allegro con brio
Nielsen: Symphony No. 2, Op. 16 (FS29) ‘The Four temperaments’
08. I. Allegro collerico
09. II. Allegro comodo e flammatico
10. III. Andante malincolico
11. IV. Allegro sanguineo
12. Koppel: Festival Overture, Op. 33
Holmboe: Epitaph, Op. 68, M. 189
13. I. Allegro con fuoco
14. II. Andante tranquillo – Piu mosso – Lento – Andante
15. III. Allegro con brio
Tarp: Symphony No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 50
16. I. Meditativo
17. II. Animato
18. III. Sereno
19. Schierbeck: Largo for String Orchestra, Op. 33
20. Schierbeck: Paraphrase over “I Danmark er jeg født”, Op. 43
21. Schierbeck: Natten, Op. 41
22. Schierbeck: Häxa, Op. 48
Both in his native Denmark and around the world, Thomas Jensen became known for his uniquely authoritative interpretations of Carl Nielsen’s music. His postwar Decca and HMV studio recordings of the first two symphonies are inflected with unrivalled sweep and passion. They are coupled here with previously unpublished broadcasts of music by four Danish composers from the generation after Nielsen, including the brooding Largo which set the scene for Carl Th. Dreyer’s cinematic masterpiece, Ordet (“The Word”).
Thomas Jensen studied at the Danish Conservatory of Music. Jensen led several Danish ensembles, including the Danish National Symphony Orchestra (from 1957) and the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra (then known as the Aarhus Civic Orchestra). In Aarhus he built the small orchestra up through broadcasts and tours within Denmark and later to Germany and the Netherlands. He also conducted the Tivoli Concert Hall Orchestra.