Symphonies: No. 2, op. 16 "The Four Temperaments" / No. 3, op. 27 "Sinfonia espansiva"

Album by Carl Nielsen & Kungliga Filharmonikerna & Gennadi Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky

Symphonies No. 2, op. 16 and No. 3, op. 27 are orchestral works by Danish composer Carl Nielsen, completed in 1902 and 1911 respectively. They show Nielsen's move from late-Romantic harmony toward a more personal modern language, with expanded orchestration, striking brass and woodwind colours and increased rhythmic drive, and they were written during a period when he consolidated his symphonic voice between his earlier influences and later output.

Symphonies: No. 2, op. 16 "The Four Temperaments" / No. 3, op. 27 "Sinfonia espansiva" by Carl Nielsen - album cover

First released: 1994

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Symphony no. 2 in B minor, op. 16 (The Four Temperaments): I. Allegro collerico
10:31
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Symphony no. 2 in B minor, op. 16 (The Four Temperaments): II. Allegro comodo e flemmatico
5:27
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Symphony no. 2 in B minor, op. 16 (The Four Temperaments): III. Andante malincolico
12:12
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Symphony no. 2 in B minor, op. 16 (The Four Temperaments): IV. Allegro sanguineo - Marziale
7:23
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Symphony no. 3 (Sinfonia espansiva), op. 27: I. Allegro espansivo
12:42
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Symphony no. 3 (Sinfonia espansiva), op. 27: II. Andante pastorale
11:06
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Symphony no. 3 (Sinfonia espansiva), op. 27: III. Allegretto un poco
7:05
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Symphony no. 3 (Sinfonia espansiva), op. 27: IV. Finale. Allegro
11:05