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  • Audio CD (18 Mar 2003)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Regis Records
  • ASIN: B00009AQNG
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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4.0 out of 5 stars an irresistible bargain, 14 Oct 2003
By Jeremy Dimmick (Oxford, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This super-budget priced reissue on Regis of a recording previously on the Unicorn-Kanchana label (well, most of it -- see below) is an absolute steal. The cantata "Springtime in Funen" is a late work of Nielsen's, written soon after the fifth symphony, but in a quite different mood: it's lyrical, playful, full of good tunes and quicksilver changes of mood, from delicate love-songs to dark-hued chorales and uproarious dances, and it's beautifully performed here. Occasionally I feel Vëto's tempi are a fraction on the steady side, so that rhythmic figurations from the orchestra don't quite dance as they might; on the other hand, this gives the singers time to phrase and enjoy the words. The vocal cast is terrific, though not made up of household names; one number for children's choir is dispatched with appropriate gusto (this is one of the few recordings I've heard with children's choir that aren't embarrassments), and there's dedication, musical sensitivity and an infectious sense of fun from all concerned.

It's coupled with the attractive suite from Aladdin (which, in fact, contains most of the music from the complete score that most listeners would want to hear -- the additional pickings on Rozhdestvensky's complete recording for Chandos are fairly modest); here too the performance has plenty of guts, though it doesn't have the refinement and delicacy that Järvi's DG recording brought to the gentler numbers.

This Regis reissue (the same mastering, to my ears, as the Unicorn-Kanchana) rounds out the disk with the Three Motets for unaccompanied choir, directed here by Mogens Woldike, to whom the work was dedicated in 1929 (this recording dates from 1983!). The choir isn't as technically secure or rich-toned as Stefan Parkman's on Chandos 8853, but I still prefer this Regis account, mostly because the faster tempo of the first movement makes this tough, introspective music sound less effortful. In a way, these severe Motets don't really belong with the other two pieces on the disk, though it would be short measure without some sort of extra coupling. I'm not really complaining -- I just programme them separately.

Overall, this strikes me as one of a handful of absolutely essential Nielsen disks, and a great introduction to his non-symphonic music.
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