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Nielsen: Symphonies no 4-6 / Blomstedt, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Reviews
Nielsen: Symphonies no 4-6 / Blomstedt, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Reviews
| 45 of 46 people found the following review helpful  Nielsen rocks!, By This review is from: Nielsen: Symphonies no 4-6 / Blomstedt, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (Audio CD) First off, the Blomstedt recordings are exceptional, for both symphonies 1-3 and 4-6. The music included in addition to the symphonies is great fun, especially the "Hymnus Amoris," on the 4-6 release, which is an excellent, thoroughly enjoyable choral work. The recording is demonstration quality--clear, crisp definition with great performances. Nielsen is a highly original symphonic composer. In that way, he is like Sibelius. But he also demonstrates an intriguing quirkiness in his compositional style. By quirky I mean that his symphonies go through fits of ecstasy, melancholy, joy, eeriness, and solemnity, often within the space of mere minutes of listening. It takes a few listens to get into it. I enjoy it very much, though. "The Inextinguishable" has melodic elements in the first movement such as would melt the heart, and these fine moments are given a noble return in the finale, along with great use of tympani drums. The fifth and sixth are the... Read more 37 of 41 people found the following review helpful One of the greatest symphonies ever, By This review is from: Nielsen: Symphonies no 4-6 / Blomstedt, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (Audio CD) The greatest symphonies are not only peerless works of art, but they also speak profoundly and prophetically from the historical context out of which they were conceived. In this respect, I've always considered Shostakovich's Fifth and Ives's Fourth as the two greatest symphonies of the last century. Then I discovered Nielsen's Fifth...Nielsen's Fifth, as performed by Blomstedt in this recording, is a stunning, miraculous, amazing, tragic, and ultimately life-affirming masterpiece. Written in the wake of the Great War when the scope of its horror had become fully apparent to the composer, it speaks profoundly and prophetically of the rise of nationalism, fascism, and the eternal conflict between a peaceful social discourse and the war-machine of the state. The two other symphonies on this album are also noteable. The Fourth is a near great work, which was also written during the Great War and deals with the "Inextinguishable" spirit of mankind. The Sixt!h is... Read more 19 of 20 people found the following review helpful More Great Music!, By Eric Brinkmann (Palo Alto, CA United States) - See all my reviews This review is from: Nielsen: Symphonies no 4-6 / Blomstedt, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (Audio CD) The Blomstedt Nielsen cycle was originally issued on 3 cds with two symphonies each, but it has now been put onto 2 double cds, making the deal even more attractive. The fourth and fifth are among my favorite symphonies, and the SF symphony gives as fine a performance as I know of them. Just listen to the opening tuba blast in the 'Inextinguishable' and you know you're in for something special. |
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