James Ehnes: Violin Concerto Symphony No. 4 - SUPER-AUDIO CD

Title: Violin Concerto Symphony No. 4
Artist: James Ehnes
Label: Chandos
Product Type: SUPER-AUDIO CD
UPC: 095115531129
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2023-05-12
Number of Discs: 1
Additional Details: HYBRID SACD

?Nielsen's epic Violin Concerto was premiered in Copenhagen in February 1912, by violinist Peder Møller. Nominally the work is set in two movements; both open with a slow section and move to a faster one. Whilst unusual, this could be seen as a more usual fast - slow - fast three movement form, but with an extensive slow introduction to the first movement. The music moves quickly from one idea to the next, and overall has a bold, playful and optimistic feel. In stark contrast, although written only a few years later, the fourth symphony is more cohesive and unified as a work. Written against the background of the first world war, the work is a celebration of life itself. Just before the premier in 1916, Nielsen described it as: 'Music is Life, and, like it, inextinguishable.' Composed in the usual four movement form, each movement continues from the last without a break. The final movement features two sets of timpani battling each other across the orchestra. The recording was made in Bergen's Grieghallen, in Surround Sound, and is available as a hybrid SACD and in Spatial Audio

Tracks:
1.1 *** Nielsen: Violin Concerto, Op. 33 (FS61)
1.2 Ia. Praeludium
1.3 Ib. Allegro cavalleresco
1.4 IIa. Poco Adagio
1.5 IIb. Rondo
1.6 *** Nielsen: Symphony No. 4, Op. 29 (FS76) 'The Inextinguishable'
1.7 I. Allegro
1.8 II. A tempo (Poco allegretto)
1.9 III. Poco Adagio
1.10 IV. Allegro