Symphonies: No. 5, op. 50 / No. 6 op. 116 "Sinfonia semplice"

Album by Carl Nielsen & Kungliga Filharmonikerna & Gennadi Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky

Symphonies No. 5, Op. 50 and No. 6, Op. 116 "Sinfonia semplice" are orchestral works by Danish composer Carl Nielsen, completed in 1922 and 1925 respectively. They bridge late-Romantic and early-modernist idioms, featuring terse thematic development, striking orchestral colour and rhythmic unpredictability, and occupy a central place in Nielsen's late-career exploration of form and expressive paradox.
First released: 1995

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 5, op. 50 (FS 97): I. Tempo giusto -
    10:05
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 5, op. 50 (FS 97): I. Adagio
    9:08
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 5, op. 50 (FS 97): II. Allegro -
    6:29
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 5, op. 50 (FS 97): II. Presto -
    3:20
  5. 5.
    Symphony no. 5, op. 50 (FS 97): II. Andante poco tranquillo -
    4:39
  6. 6.
    Symphony no. 5, op. 50 (FS 97): II. Allegro
    3:13
  7. 7.
    Symphony no. 6 (Sinfonia semplice), op. 116 (FS 116): I. Tempo giusto - Allegro passionato - Lento, ma non troppo - Tempo I (giusto)
    13:13
  8. 8.
    Symphony no. 6 (Sinfonia semplice), op. 116 (FS 116): II. Humoreske. Allegretto
    4:16
  9. 9.
    Symphony no. 6 (Sinfonia semplice), op. 116 (FS 116): III. Proposta seria. Adagio
    5:55
  10. 10.
    Symphony no. 6 (Sinfonia semplice), op. 116 (FS 116): IV. Tema con variazioni. Allegro - Tema: Allegretto un poco - Variations I-IX - Fanfare
    11:28

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