Release Date: 01 April 2022
Label: Bis / BIS Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7318599926209
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Jean Sibelius, Carl Nielsen
Description
Carl Nielsen and Jean Sibelius, alongside Grieg the two giants in Nordic classical music, were both born in 1865. Both also received their first musical training on the violin, earning valuable insights when it came to writing for the instrument. Their respective violin concertos were composed some six years apart – Sibelius’ in 1904-05 and Nielsen’s in 1911 – and belong to the most performed works of either composer. They are nevertheless as different from each other as are the artistic temperaments of their makers. While retaining the traditional three-movement concerto form, Sibelius composed something closer to a Late-Romantic orchestral tone poem giving the orchestra unusual prominence. Nielsen on the other hand opted for an unconventional form, reminiscent of the Baroque concerto grosso: the spiky, neoclassical work is nominally in two movements, but with each movement having a slow and a fast section.
Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire; Sascha Goetzel
Oliver Barlow; Arlo Murray; Sergej Merkusjev; Joonas Ahonen; Barbara Kozelj; London Philharmonic Or
Masaaki Suzuki
Miklos Spanyi
JORGEN VAN RIJEN; ALMA QUARTET
JONATHAN VON SCHWANENFLÜGEL; SIGNE SNEH DURHOLM; ELENOR WIMAN; JAKOB BLOCH JESPERSEN; PER BACH NISS
FRANCESCO D'ORAZIO, FRANCESCO ABBRESCIA, LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, LEE REYNOLDS
ELENA PAPANDREOU
