Composer: Niels Viggo Bentzon, Carl August Nielsen, Jean Sibelius
Performer: Erik Sjøberg, Kirsten Hermansen
Orchestra: Royal Danish Orchestra, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Thomas Jensen
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Danacord
Catalogue: DACOCD916
Release: 2022
Size: 685 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Nielsen: Helios Overture, Op. 17
Nielsen: Symphony No. 3, Op. 27 (FS60) ‘Sinfonia espansiva’
02. I. Allegro espansivo
03. II. Andante pastorale
04. III. Allegretto un poco
05. IV. Finale: Allegro
Nielsen: Symphony No. 4, Op. 29 (FS76) ‘The Inextinguishable’
06. I. Allegro
07. II. Poco allegretto
08. III. Poco adagio quasi andante
09. IV. Allegro
Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 52
10. I. Allegro moderato
11. II. Andantino con moto, quasi allegretto
12. III. Moderato – Allegro ‘ma non troppo’
13. Bentzon: Mutations, Op. 123
Bentzon: Symphony No. 4, Op. 55 ‘Metamorphosen’
14. I. Vivace – Moderato non troppo – Allegro
15. II. Tempo di largamento
16. III. Allegro ma non troppo
Thomas Jensen in his element: a trio of classic Nielsen recordings, plus a first-time release for broadcast performances of Sibelius’s Third Symphony and two pivotal works by Jensen’s countryman and contemporary, Niels Viggo Bentzon. Newly remastered direct from the original tapes, these live recordings find Jensen on fiery form, giving incisive interpretations well suited to the formal innovations of these masterpieces of Danish and Finnish modernism.