The aim of this box set is intended to convey what it is: Vintage and Historic Carl Nielsen recordings. All the performances in this box set are musical documents of considerable historical importance. From the pioneering piano recordings of the 1930s through to the songs and early orchestral works and on to the benchmark recordings of the six symphonies with the Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra, this collection is a unique treasure of Nielsen recordings of immense importance.

Artists

Kirsten Hermansen (soprano), Erik Sjøberg (baritone), Inger Lis Hassing (soprano), Johanne Karstens (soprano), Holger Bruusgaard (baritone), Ruth Guldbæk (soprano), Louis Cahuzac (clarinet), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Ib Eriksson (clarinet), Emil Telmanyi (violin), Viorica Tango (soprano), Marius Jacobsen (tenor), Henry Skjær (bass), Copenhagen Boy's Choir, Danish Radio Choir Einar Nørby, baritone, Poul Birkelund (flute), Ellen-Margrethe Edlers (mezzo-soprano), Niels Brincker & Niels Møller (tenors), Holger Nørgaard & Niels Juul Bondo (basses), Danish Radio Boys Choir, Danish Radio Choir, The Danish Radio Choir, Holger Gilbert-Jespersen (flute), Valborg Poulsen (harp), Herman Holm Andersen (viola), Chorus of the Royal Theatre

The Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra, Royal Danish Orchestra, Tivoli Concert Hall Orchestra, Tivoli Concerto Hall Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, The Danish Radio Madrigal Choir, Erik Tuxen, Launy Grøndahl, Thomas Jensen, Emil Reesen, Svend Christian Felumb, John Frandsen, Mogens Wöldike, Nicolai Malko, Georg Høeberg, Fritz Busch, Egisto Tango, John Hye-Knudsen, Johan Hye-Knudsen