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Nielsen: Helios; Clarinet Concerto; Symphony No. 5
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Details
- Composer
- Carl Nielsen
- Artist
- Alessandro Carbonare, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
- Format
- SACD
- Label
- Chandos
- Released
- Sep 05, 2025
- Catalog #
- CHSA 5314
- UPC
- 0095115531426
About
Edward Gardner's series of Nielsen symphonies with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra continues with this recording of No. 5, complemented with the overture Helios and the Clarinet Concerto, featuring Alessandro Carbonare as soloist. Nielsen composed Helios in 1903 on a trip to Greece, as his wife, Anne Marie, a sculptor, had won a grant to copy sculptures on the Acropolis. Over it's ten-twelve-minute duration, the work depicts sunrise, noontime, and then sunset over the Aegean Sea, and is one of the composer's most performed works. The Clarinet Concerto dates from 1928 and is cast in one long movement falling into four sections. It is dedicated to Nielsen's friend Aage Oxenvad who gave the first performance. Composed between 1920 and 1922, the Fifth Symphony is unusually laid out in just two movements - the only piece by Nielsen to adopt this structure. Unlike his other mature symphonies, the fifth lacks a subtitle, and so could be considered to be more 'pure music' compared to the descriptive nature of the others. Nielsen described the symphony as 'the division of dark and light, the battle between evil and good' and the opposition between 'Dreams and Deeds'. Considered by many as a "war symphony", Nielsen insisted that he had not been thinking of World War I whilst he was composing the work, but also commented "not one of us is the same as we were before the war".
Tracklist 11 tracks
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1 Helios, Op. 17, FS 32 11:24
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Helios, Op. 17, FS 32
- Duration
- 11:24
- Composer
- Carl Nielsen
- Ensemble
- Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
- Conductor
- Edward Gardner
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2 Allegretto un poco - 08:15
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Allegretto un poco -
- Duration
- 08:15
- Composer
- Carl Nielsen
- Performer
- Alessandro Carbonare
- Ensemble
- Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
- Conductor
- Edward Gardner
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3 Poco adagio - 04:46
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Poco adagio -
- Duration
- 04:46
- Composer
- Carl Nielsen
- Performer
- Alessandro Carbonare
- Ensemble
- Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
- Conductor
- Edward Gardner
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4 Allegro non troppo - 07:20
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Allegro non troppo -
- Duration
- 07:20
- Composer
- Carl Nielsen
- Performer
- Alessandro Carbonare
- Ensemble
- Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
- Conductor
- Edward Gardner
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5 Allegro vivace 04:21
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Allegro vivace
- Duration
- 04:21
- Composer
- Carl Nielsen
- Performer
- Alessandro Carbonare
- Ensemble
- Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
- Conductor
- Edward Gardner
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6 I. Tempo giusto - 10:16
- Track
- 6
- Title
- I. Tempo giusto -
- Duration
- 10:16
- Composer
- Carl Nielsen
- Ensemble
- Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
- Conductor
- Edward Gardner
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7 I. Adagio non troppo - 08:43
- Track
- 7
- Title
- I. Adagio non troppo -
- Duration
- 08:43
- Composer
- Carl Nielsen
- Ensemble
- Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
- Conductor
- Edward Gardner
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8 II. Allegro - 05:39
- Track
- 8
- Title
- II. Allegro -
- Duration
- 05:39
- Composer
- Carl Nielsen
- Ensemble
- Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
- Conductor
- Edward Gardner
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9 II. Presto - 02:50
- Track
- 9
- Title
- II. Presto -
- Duration
- 02:50
- Composer
- Carl Nielsen
- Ensemble
- Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
- Conductor
- Edward Gardner
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10 II. Andante un poco tranquillo - 04:03
- Track
- 10
- Title
- II. Andante un poco tranquillo -
- Duration
- 04:03
- Composer
- Carl Nielsen
- Ensemble
- Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
- Conductor
- Edward Gardner
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11 II. Allegro 02:45
- Track
- 11
- Title
- II. Allegro
- Duration
- 02:45
- Composer
- Carl Nielsen
- Ensemble
- Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
- Conductor
- Edward Gardner