Symphonies no. 2 “The Four Temperaments”, no. 3 “Sinfonia espansiva”

Album by Carl Nielsen & RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra & Adrian Leaper

Symphonies No. 2 'The Four Temperaments' (composed 1901–1902) and No. 3 'Sinfonia espansiva' (composed 1910–1911) are orchestral works by Danish composer Carl Nielsen. They chart Nielsen's transition from late-Romantic textures towards a more individual modernist language, characterised by taut motivic development, inventive orchestral colour, modal and chromatic harmonic inflections and an emphasis on rhythmic vitality, and they occupy a central place in his mature symphonic output and in early 20th-century Scandinavian music.

First released: 1995

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1.
Symphony no. 2 op. 16 “The Four Temperaments”: Allegro collerico
8:53
2.
Symphony no. 2 op. 16 “The Four Temperaments”: Allegro Comodo e flemmatico
4:33
3.
Symphony no. 2 op. 16 “The Four Temperaments”: Andante malincolico
11:50
4.
Symphony no. 2 op. 16 “The Four Temperaments”: Allegro sanguinoso
7:07
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Symphony no. 3 op. 27 “Sinfonia espansiva”: Allegro espansiva
11:11
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Symphony no. 3 op. 27 “Sinfonia espansiva”: Andante pastorale
8:59
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Symphony no. 3 op. 27 “Sinfonia espansiva”: Allegretto un poco
6:07
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Symphony no. 3 op. 27 “Sinfonia espansiva”: Finale: Allegro
9:34