Top 5 Favorite Nielsen Works

[Daverz]

Under the cruel constraints of your tyranical rules:

Symphony No. 5
Violin Concerto
Helios Overture
Wind Quintet
Aladdin incidental music

[vandermolen]

Under the cruel constraints of your tyranical rules:

Symphony No. 5
Violin Concerto
Helios Overture
Wind Quintet
Aladdin incidental music

I also like Helios a great deal. Don't know the Wind Quintet.

[Karl Henning]

I also like Helios a great deal. Don't know the Wind Quintet.

WHAAAAT??!!!

https://www.youtube.com/v/Ow0sYQH-8HQ

[The new erato]

WHAAAAT??!!!

https://www.youtube.com/v/Ow0sYQH-8HQ

Major work and one of the greatest quintets. Period. Some face palms are needed here.

[vandermolen]

WHAAAAT??!!!

https://www.youtube.com/v/Ow0sYQH-8HQ

Thanks Karl, yes, shameful I know. 

[Karl Henning]

Come home, Jeffrey! 

[Mirror Image]

RUED WAS HERE

This still cracks me up. Do you guys think that Langgaard really admired Nielsen and was simply a case of jealousy towards his popularity and not the music itself?

[Heck148]

What are your top 5 favorite Nielsen works?

Sym #4
Sym #5
Sym #2
Sym #3
WW 5tet

[Mirror Image]

Sym #4
Sym #5
Sym #2
Sym #3
WW 5tet

Nice list, but....

What are your top 5 favorite Nielsen works? Again, as with the Sibelius poll, you can only choose one symphony but for further difficulty only one concerto as well. Let's see those lists!

[vandermolen]

This still cracks me up. Do you guys think that Langgaard really admired Nielsen and was simply a case of jealousy towards his popularity and not the music itself?

I think he resented him. After all didn't he compose 'Carl Nielsen - our Great Composer' to be repeated throughout all eternity. Paradoxically there are echoes of Nielsen in Langgaard's 4th Symphony for example. My favourite work by him.

[Mirror Image]

I think he resented him. After all didn't he compose 'Carl Nielsen - our Great Composer' to be repeated throughout all eternity. Paradoxically there are echoes of Nielsen in Langgaard's 4th Symphony for example. My favourite work by him.

I've been trying to dig up some information about this or what could have been at the root of Langgaard's animosity towards Nielsen and what I basically found was that Langgaard wasn't necessarily resentful of Nielsen's popularity, but rather he thought the Danish press were neglecting other Danish composers who he felt deserved as much attention as Nielsen. I'm sure there was a similar case like this in many countries like Sibelius in Finland or Enescu in Romania for example whose respective countries produced many notable composers besides their 'Nationalistic heroes' so to speak who put these countries on the musical map.

[Ken B]

3,4,5, wind quintet. Some piece to be named later.

[nathanb]

The relative dearth of piano music in this thread is a shame. I was shocked at how good some of it is.

[vandermolen]

I've been trying to dig up some information about this or what could have been at the root of Langgaard's animosity towards Nielsen and what I basically found was that Langgaard wasn't necessarily resentful of Nielsen's popularity, but rather he thought the Danish press were neglecting other Danish composers who he felt deserved as much attention as Nielsen. I'm sure there was a similar case like this in many countries like Sibelius in Finland or Enescu in Romania for example whose respective countries produced many notable composers besides their 'Nationalistic heroes' so to speak who put these countries on the musical map.

Sounds very likely.

[Mirror Image]

3,4,5, wind quintet. Some piece to be named later.

Sorry, Ken, but you can only choose one symphony.

[Mirror Image]

Symphony No. 6 needs more love.

It certainly does! Any favorite recordings of it?

[nathanb]

I've been trying to dig up some information about this or what could have been at the root of Langgaard's animosity towards Nielsen and what I basically found was that Langgaard wasn't necessarily resentful of Nielsen's popularity, but rather he thought the Danish press were neglecting other Danish composers who he felt deserved as much attention as Nielsen. I'm sure there was a similar case like this in many countries like Sibelius in Finland or Enescu in Romania for example whose respective countries produced many notable composers besides their 'Nationalistic heroes' so to speak who put these countries on the musical map.

There are certainly loads of great Nordic composers. I have probably ~100 Nordics on my iPod

[Mirror Image]

This week's 'Top 5' in no particular order:

Saga-Drøm
Violin Concerto
Symphony No. 6
Little Suite for Strings
Violin Sonata No. 2

[vandermolen]

This week's 'Top 5' in no particular order:

Saga-Drøm
Violin Concerto
Symphony No. 6
Little Suite for Strings
Violin Sonata No. 2

Great choices John.
From me:
Symphony 5 (Barbirolli recording  )
Saga-Drom (don't know how to do an 'o' with a line through it on my computer  )
Helios
Imaginary Journey to the Faroes Island
Pan and Syrinx

[Karl Henning]

Symphony 5 (Barbirolli recording  )

Parenthetically, I shall give this an inaugural spin today.