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Carl Nielsen’s works for violin, both with and without violin accompaniment, have never achieved the same dizzy heights of popularity as his Wind Quintet, but they do give us a very wide-ranging picture of the composer. The Sonata No. 1 was avant-garde for its time, and was treated with suspicion upon its première in 1895. His last work for solo violin from 1928 was just as experimental, but was received with much more respect, because in the intervening period he had won the status of a national icon.
Carl Nielsen: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 9, FS 20
I. Allegro glorioso
II. Andante
III. Allegro piacevole e giovanile
Carl Nielsen: Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 35, FS 64
I. Allegro - Piu moderato - Agitato - Tempo I - Poco meno mosso
II. Molto adagio
III. Allegro piacevole
Carl Nielsen: Praeludium og Tema med Variationer (Prelude and Theme with Variations), Op. 48, FS 104
Poco adagio e con fantasia
Thema: Andante
Variation 1. Piu mosso
Variation 2. Andantino quasi Allegretto
Variation 3. Andante espressivo
Variation 4. Poco allegro, molto ritmico
Variation 5. Piu mosso
Variation 6. Tempo giusto
Variation 7. Presto
Variation 8. Poco adagio
Tempo di tema
Carl Nielsen: Preludio e Presto, Op. 52, FS 128
Preludio: Con fantasia
Presto
October 2008
“A lively threesome clearly relish Neilsen's adventurous and wilful spirit.”
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I. Allegro glorioso
