Episode 3
Donald Macleod presents Nielsen's comic opera about the perils and pleasures of masked balls, his final string quartet and the last movement of his exuberant Sinfonia Espansiva.
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Carl Nielsen, Denmark's best-known composer.
He focuses on Nielsen's wife Marie's pursuit of her own career as a sculptor which kept her away from home for months at a time, leaving the composer to face life-changing decisions on his own. In spite of professional setbacks and a variety of health scares, he continued to compose and in 1906 produced Maskarade, a comic opera about the pleasures and perils of masked balls.
With highlights from Maskarade plus a complete performance of his fourth and final string quartet and part of the successful third symphony - his Sinfonia Espansiva.
Du Danske Mand
Einar Norby (baritone)
Folmer Jensen (piano)
Danacord DACOCD365-367, CD 1 Tr 20
Maskarade (excerpt)
Jeronimus ...... Aage Haugland (bass)
Leander ...... Gert-Henning Jensen (tenor)
Henrik ...... Bo Skovhus (baritone)
Leonard ...... Kurt Ravn (baritone)
Arv ...... Michael Kristensen (tenor)
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ulf Schirmer (conductor)
Decca 460 228/9-2, CD1 Trs 9, 10, 11
String Quartet No 4
Kontra Quartet
BIS-CD-503/4, CD2 Trs 5-8
Symphony No 3 (4th mvt)
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
Adrian Leaper (conductor)
Naxos 8.550825 Tr 8.
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Carl Nielsen
Du Danske Mand
Performer: Einar Norby (baritone) Performer: Folmer Jensen (piano)
- Danacord DACOCD365-367,.
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Carl Nielsen
Maskarade (excerpt)
Performer: Jeronimus ...... Aage Haugland (bass) Performer: Leander ...... Gert-Henning Jensen (tenor) Performer: Henrik ...... Bo Skovhus (baritone) Performer: Leonard ...... Kurt Ravn (baritone) Performer: Arv ...... Michael Kristensen (tenor) Performer: Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Performer: Ulf Schirmer (conductor)
- Decca 460 228/9-2,.
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Carl Nielsen
String Quartet No 4
Performer: Kontra Quartet Performer: BIS-CD-503/4, CD2 Trs 5-8 Performer: Symphony No 3 (4th mvt) Performer: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland Performer: Adrian Leaper (conductor)
- Naxos 8.550825.
Broadcasts
- Wed 4 Nov 2009 12:00大象传媒 Radio 3
- Wed 4 Nov 2009 22:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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