Symphony no. 2 "The Four Temperaments" / Symphony no. 6 "Sinfonia semplice"

Album by Carl Nielsen & Kungliga Filharmonikerna & Sakari Oramo

Symphony No. 2 'The Four Temperaments' and Symphony No. 6 'Sinfonia semplice' are orchestral symphonies by Danish composer Carl Nielsen, composed in 1902 and 1925 respectively. They chart Nielsen's evolution from a late-Romantic orchestral palette to a more concise, sometimes acerbic modern idiom, combining expansive lyricism, inventive orchestration and shifting tonal centres that reflect his interest in psychological characterisation and formal experimentation within the early 20th-century symphonic tradition.

Symphony no. 2 "The Four Temperaments" / Symphony no. 6 "Sinfonia semplice" by Carl Nielsen - album cover

First released: March 2015

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Disc 1

1.
Symphony no. 2, op. 16 / FS 29 "De fire temperamenter": I. Allegro colleric
8:54
2.
Symphony no. 2, op. 16 / FS 29 "De fire temperamenter": II. Allegro comodo e flemmatico
4:31
3.
Symphony no. 2, op. 16 / FS 29 "De fire temperamenter": III. Andante malincolico
10:44
4.
Symphony no. 2, op. 16 / FS 29 "De fire temperamenter": IV. Allegro sanguineo
7:23
5.
Symphony no. 6, FS 116 "Sinfonia semplice": I. Tempo giusto
12:49
6.
Symphony no. 6, FS 116 "Sinfonia semplice": II. Humoresque. Allegretto
4:01
7.
Symphony no. 6, FS 116 "Sinfonia semplice": III. Proposta seria. Adagio
5:12
8.
Symphony no. 6, FS 116 "Sinfonia semplice": IV. Theme and Variations. Allegro
10:56

Disc 2

2.
Symphony no. 2, op. 16 / FS 29 "De fire temperamenter": I. Allegro colleric
8:54
3.
Symphony no. 2, op. 16 / FS 29 "De fire temperamenter": II. Allegro comodo e flemmatico
4:31
4.
Symphony no. 2, op. 16 / FS 29 "De fire temperamenter": III. Andante malincolico
10:44
5.
Symphony no. 2, op. 16 / FS 29 "De fire temperamenter": IV. Allegro sanguineo
7:23
6.
Symphony no. 6, FS 116 "Sinfonia semplice": I. Tempo giusto
12:49
7.
Symphony no. 6, FS 116 "Sinfonia semplice": II. Humoresque. Allegretto
4:01
8.
Symphony no. 6, FS 116 "Sinfonia semplice": III. Proposta seria. Adagio
5:12
9.
Symphony no. 6, FS 116 "Sinfonia semplice": IV. Theme and Variations. Allegro
10:56

Disc 3

3.
Symphony no. 2, op. 16 / FS 29 "De fire temperamenter": I. Allegro colleric
8:54
4.
Symphony no. 2, op. 16 / FS 29 "De fire temperamenter": II. Allegro comodo e flemmatico
4:31
5.
Symphony no. 2, op. 16 / FS 29 "De fire temperamenter": III. Andante malincolico
10:44
6.
Symphony no. 2, op. 16 / FS 29 "De fire temperamenter": IV. Allegro sanguineo
7:23
7.
Symphony no. 6, FS 116 "Sinfonia semplice": I. Tempo giusto
12:49
8.
Symphony no. 6, FS 116 "Sinfonia semplice": II. Humoresque. Allegretto
4:01
9.
Symphony no. 6, FS 116 "Sinfonia semplice": III. Proposta seria. Adagio
5:12
10.
Symphony no. 6, FS 116 "Sinfonia semplice": IV. Theme and Variations. Allegro
10:56