Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi – Nielsen: The Complete Symphonies 1-6 (2015) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

Paavo Järvi is one of the most successful and distinctive conductors in the international music scene. His recordings of the complete Beethoven and Bruckner symphonies have received rave reviews and are in fact regarded as “reference recordings” (Fono Forum). His current project with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony is again another great symphonic cycle: the six symphonies by Denmark’s most famous composer, Carl Nielsen (1865 – 1931), whose 150th anniversary is celebrated this year.

As a native Estonian, Paavo Järvi has always felt a particular affinity for Nordic composers, and when he took up his new post as general music director of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra in 2006, he inaugurated his incumbency with a complete performance of Sibelius’s Kullervo, signalling the fact that during his seven years with the orchestra Scandinavian symphonic music would feature prominently in his repertory. Among other recordings that he made with the orchestra during this period, this complete recording of the symphonies of Carl Nielsen takes pride of place, focusing as it does on a Danish national hero on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth.

Tracklist:
01. Paavo Järvi – I. Allegro orgoglioso (09:16)
02. Paavo Järvi – Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 7: II. Andante (07:20)
03. Paavo Järvi – Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 7: III. Allegro comodo – Andante sostenuto – Tempo I (08:17)
04. Paavo Järvi – Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 7: IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco (09:05)
05. Paavo Järvi – Symphony No. 2, Op. 16, “The Four Temperaments”: I. Allegro collerico (09:43)
06. Paavo Järvi – II. Allegro comodo e flemmatico (05:07)
07. Paavo Järvi – III. Andante malincolico (11:26)
08. Paavo Järvi – IV. Allegro sanguineo (07:23)
09. Paavo Järvi – Symphony No. 3, Op. 27, “Sinfonia espansiva”: I. Allegro espansivo (11:48)
10. Paavo Järvi – II. Andante pastorale (09:56)
11. Paavo Järvi – III. Allegretto un poco (06:25)
12. Paavo Järvi – Symphony No. 3, Op. 27, “Sinfonia espansiva”: IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco (09:10)
13. Paavo Järvi – I. Allegro (11:28)
14. Paavo Järvi – Symphony No. 4, Op. 29, “The Inextinguishable”: II. Poco allegretto (04:54)
15. Paavo Järvi – Symphony No. 4, Op. 29, “The Inextinguishable”: III. Poco adagio quasi andante (09:59)
16. Paavo Järvi – Symphony No. 4, Op. 29, “The Inextinguishable”: IV. Allegro (08:39)
17. Paavo Järvi – Symphony No. 5, Op. 50: I. Tempo giusto (10:23)
18. Paavo Järvi – Symphony No. 5, Op. 50: II. Adagio non troppo (09:21)
19. Paavo Järvi – Symphony No. 5, Op. 50: III. Allegro (09:19)
20. Paavo Järvi – Symphony No. 5, Op. 50: IV. Andante un poco tranquillo (08:04)
21. Paavo Järvi – Symphony No. 6, Op. deest, “Sinfonia Semplice”: I. Tempo giusto – Lento, ma non troppo – Tempo I (13:05)
22. Paavo Järvi – II. Humoreske. Allegretto – Lento, ma non troppo – Tempo I (04:02)
23. Paavo Järvi – Symphony No. 6, Op. deest, “Sinfonia Semplice”: III. Proposta seria. Adagio (05:24)
24. Paavo Järvi – Symphony No. 6, Op. deest, “Sinfonia Semplice”: IV. Theme & Variations. Allegro – Thema. Allegretto un poco – Variations 1-9 – Fanfare (10:47)