Immediate impressions are of lucid and cleanly recorded
performances of Nielsen's last two symphonies. Saraste is blessed with
a pristine aural sound-stage. The woodwind and brass are given a potent
though not shattering presence. Accompanimental brass gestures which
often go for naught elsewhere here float to the surface offering surprises
and pleasure. These are estimable performances extremely well recorded
in an open and natural acoustic. Saraste is an analytical and frequently
exciting interpreter. This would make a very sound introduction to Nielsen's
art.
Saraste is a mite cooler than Schønwandt and
Bernstein in the Fifth Symphony. Schønwandt is on Dacapo while
the Bernstein appears in a bargain box from Sony Essential Classics.
The Sixth Symphony also tends towards sphinx-like objectivity but its
warmer human side is excellently portrayed by Ormandy on Sony (again
the same boxed set as the Bernstein Fifth).
A sound, unglamorous and inexpensive introduction to
these two Nielsen symphonies. The Fifth - a harbinger and oration concerned
with conflict and humanity; the Sixth a Mobius strip of a work which
peers clear-eyed and with some humour at the world of 'modern music'.
Rob Barnett
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