Nielsen Violin: Concerto, Symphony No. 4
Catalog Number: CHAN5311W
Sample rate
96000 Hz
24 FLAC Discount
Nielsen’s epic Violin Concerto was premièred in Copenhagen in February 1912, by the violinist Peder Møller. Nominally the work is structured in two movements; each opens with a slow section and moves to a faster one. Whilst unusual, this layout could be seen as a more usual fast – slow – fast three-movement form, but with an extensive slow introduction to the first movement. The music moves quickly from one idea to the next, and overall has a bold, playful, and optimistic atmosphere. In stark contrast, although written only a few years later, the Fourth Symphony is more cohesive and unified as a work. Written against the background of the First World War, the work is a celebration of life itself. Just before the première, in 1916, Nielsen gave it the following motto: ‘Music is Life, and, like it, inextinguishable.’ While it follows the usual four-movement design, each movement continues into the next without a break. The final movement features two sets of timpani battling each other across the orchestra.
Published date
2023-05-12
Number of discs
1
Sample rate
96000 Hz
Channels
stereo:24:2.0
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