Nielsen: Complete Works for Violin Solo and Violin and Piano

Nielsen: Complete Works for Violin Solo and Violin and Piano

8.573870 (Naxos, CD)

DDD
NEW RELEASE (11 September 2020)

Playing time: 88'04"
Tracks: 26
Booklet pages: 8
© 2020 Naxos Rights (Europe) Ltd
Main country of recording: Denmark
Country of manufacture: Germany
Reviewer: Geoff Pearce
Review of Nielsen: Complete Works for Violin Solo and Violin and Piano published on 5 October 2020

Hasse Borup, violin
Andrew Staupe, piano (tracks 1-6 and 20-24)

Carl Nielsen:

Violin Sonata No 1 in A, Op 9, CNW 63 (1895)
1 Allegro glorioso
2 Andante
3 Allegro piacevole e giovanile

Violin Sonata No 2 , Op 35, CNW 64 (1912/1919)
4 Allegro con tiepidezza - Più moderato - Agitato - Tempo 1 - Poco meno mosso
5 Molto adagio
6 Allegro piacevole

Prelude, Theme and Variations, Op 48, CNW 46 (1922-23)
7 Prelude
8 Theme: Andante
9 Variation 1. Più mosso
10 Variation 2. Andantino quasi allegretto
11 Variation 3. Andante espressivo
12 Variation 4. Poco allegro, molto ritmico
13 Variation 5. Più mosso
14 Variation 6. Tempo giusto
15 Variation 7. Presto
16 Variation 8. Poco adagio -
17 Tempo di tema

Preludio e Presto, Op 52, CNW 47 (1927-28)
18 Preludio: Con fantasia
19 Presto

Violin Sonata in G, CNW 62 (1881-82)
20 Allegro
21 Andante grazioso
22 Scherzo

23 Romance in D, CNW 61 (date unknown)

24 Romance in G, CNW 60 (1888)

25 Polka in A, CNW 44 (?1873)

26 Grüss (Greeting), CNW 45 (fragment) (1890)

Recorded 14-16 March (tracks 1-6 and 20-24) and 13-14 April 2019 at Carl Nielsen Hall, Danish National Academy of Music, Odense, Denmark