Nielsen - The Mother | Dacapo 6220648

Nielsen - The Mother

£14.20

In stock - available for despatch within 1 working day

Label: Dacapo

Cat No: 6220648

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 10th July 2020

Contents

Artists

Adam Riis (tenor)
Palle Knudsen (baritone)
Danish National Vocal Ensemble Philharmonic Choir
Odense Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Andreas Delfs

Works

Nielsen, Carl

Moderen (The Mother), op.41

Artists

Adam Riis (tenor)
Palle Knudsen (baritone)
Danish National Vocal Ensemble Philharmonic Choir
Odense Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Andreas Delfs

About

Carl Nielsen’s incidental music for The Mother was written for a gala celebrating the reunification, in 1920, of Southern Jutland with Denmark. The complete score first appeared in print in 2007 and has never been recorded in its entirety. This recording places the music in its right context for the first time, thus providing us with a new picture of Carl Nielsen as a composer for the theatre.

World premiere recording of the complete music for the play The Mother, published by The Carl Nielsen Edition.

The Mother was written for Denmark’s reunification with Southern Jutland in 1920, which was one of the most important events in Denmark in the 20th century. This year the 100th anniversary is celebrated.

Carl Nielsen uses familiar songs in the play, including the Danish national anthem as well as a curious use of the national anthems from the allied countries that, with their attacks on Germany, determined the fate of Southern Jutland.

The Mother unites these diverse trends: the national interest, the popular song and the cooperation with the Royal Theatre, where Nielsen himself had begun his career as a violinist and had later become a conductor.

Several of Carl Nielsen’s most popular compositions, including the idyllic work Tågen letter (The Mist is Rising), originate from The Mother.

This recording provides a new picture of the Danish National composer Carl Nielsen as a composer for the theatre.

Error on this page? Let us know here

Need more information on this product? Click here