Nielsen: Symphony No. 2, Op. 16 (FS29) 'The Four temperaments', etc.

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Catalogue No: 8550825
Label: Naxos
Length: 68 minutes

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Nielsen: Symphony No. 2, Op. 16 (FS29) 'The Four temperaments'

Work length32:27

$8.00

$10.35

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Leaper

I. Allegro collerico

Track length8:54

$2.00

$2.60

II. Allegro comodo e flemmatico

Track length4:32

$1.00

$1.30

III. Andante malincolico

Track length11:49

$3.00

$3.85

IV. Allegro sanguinoso

Track length7:12

$2.00

$2.60

Nielsen: Symphony No. 3, Op. 27 (FS60) 'Sinfonia espansiva'

Work length35:48

$8.00

$10.35

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Leaper

I. Allegro espansiva

Track length11:10

$3.00

$3.85

II. Andante pastorale

Track length8:58

$2.00

$2.60

III. Allegretto un poco

Track length6:07

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Finale: Allegro

Track length9:33

$2.00

$2.60

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Leaper's impeccably prepared Naxos series.

2010

The vital current on which every phrase must be borne in Nielsen needs to flow at higher voltage.
This is music which needs to be played at white heat. Well, there's certainly no lack of electricity in Leaper's reading of the Second. He sets a cracking pace for the first movement, the choleric temperament, and hardly puts a foot wrong in its three companions. His tempos in the Sinfoniaespansiva are well judged and sensible throughout all four of the movements. The finale, where many conductors get it wrong, seems to be just right. These are more than just serviceable performances: they're very good indeed and the Irish orchestra sounds well rehearsed and inside the idiom. You can pay more and do worse although some collectors will think the additional polish one gets from Blomstedt or Myung-Whun Chung is worth the extra outlay. These latter performances continue to grow in stature, and it's no mean com- pliment to the Naxos versions to say that they give them a very good run for their money.
Naxos doesn't identify the singers in the slow movement of the Espansiva.
No one investing in this issue and then going on to either of the Blomstedt accounts is going to feel that they have been let down. The recording team secures a very decent balance: well laid-back wind and brass, with good front-to-back perspective and transparency of texture.

Nielsen: Symphony No. 2, Op. 16 (FS29) 'The Four temperaments', etc.

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