Sir Colin Davis Complete Nielsen Symphonies
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[Davis] matches Herbert Blomstedt when it comes to grandeur and sense of the long evolving line, and yet the music also seems to fluid and changeable, and alive on so many levels. Full marks... —
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th January 2011
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2011, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2011, Editor's Choice
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Sir Colin Davis’s set with the London Symphony Orchestra is very fine as you might expect… There are plenty of excellent sounds to be experienced here. —
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Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3
Lucy Hall (soprano), Marcus Farnsworth (baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Davis approaches both works with driving energy...this recording is an exhilarating display of the life-force at full blast in both composer and conductor. —
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This is the second instalment of [Davis's] Nielsen Symphony series with the LSO, recorded with admirable clarity and carrying no extra-musical sounds apart from an occasional gasp, groan or... —
