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There are still unknown, exciting sides to Denmark’s world-famous composer, Carl Nielsen (1865-1931).
On this CD you can hear the premiere recordings of two of his cantatas for choir, soloists and orchestra.
The cantatas were written in 1908-09, when Carl Nielsen was in one of his most productive phases. They have been performed several times since, but it is only in connection with the new collected edition of Nielsen’s works that they have appeared in print.
The same is true of his genial Homage to Holberg, written in 1923 to celebrate the great 18th-century dramatist to whom Carl Nielsen also paid homage with his opera Maskarade.
Carl Nielsen: Kantate ved Landsudstillingen i Arhus (Cantata for the National Exhibition in Arhus), FS 54
Part I: Vaartid, Vaeksttid, Loftelses Tid! (Chorus, Soprano, Reciter)
Part I: Alt, hvormed Tidens (Chorus, Soprano)
Part II: Kun en er Danmarks Hovedby (Chorus)
Part II: Hvidt som et Tempel i Fortids Athen (Reciter, Chorus, Soprano, Bass, Citizens of Aarhus)
Part II: Spejdende mod Solen, der stiger af sit Bad (Chorus)
Part II: Danmark, di komblonde Datter (Chorus)
Part III: Hil! Hil! Hil! Haev dig, vor jublende Sang (Chorus)
Carl Nielsen: Hyldest til Holberg (Homage to Holberg), FS 102
Hvem har kaldt os hid i Dag? (First Muse, Second Muse, Third Muse, Fourth Muse)
Det er Spillet som begynder! (Chorus, Baritone)
Nun lofter Holbergs Trae sit tunge Lov (Chorus)
Carl Nielsen: Prologen ved Mindefesten for Shakespeare (Prologue to the Shakespeare Memorial Celebrations), FS 80
Prologen ved Mindefesten for Shakespeare (Prologue to the Shakespeare Memorial Celebrations), FS 80: Selv naar Skyerne tynger, "Ariels Song"
Carl Nielsen: Kantate ved Universitetets Aarsfest (Cantata for the Anniversary of Copenhagen University), Op. 24, FS 47
Part I: Myldrende Vrimmel og Fodders Tramp (Chorus, Tenor, Soprano)
Part I: O Videns Lys, o hoje Sol … (Bass, Chorus)
Part II: Trio: Tit ad Veje trange (Soprano, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)
Part III: Final Song: Som Lov paa Linde (Chorus)
Kantate ved Landsudstillingen i Arhus (Cantata for the National Exhibition in Arhus), FS 54
Kantate ved Landsudstillingen i Arhus (Cantata for the National Exhibition in Arhus), FS 54: Thi disse o er Kilderne til alt (Reciter)