Enthusiasm and Precision Carl Nielsen concerti - recommended by STEPHEN FRANCIS VASTA '... an essential acquisition, and not just for Nielsen collectors.'

Nielsen's woodwind concerti have been turning up from time to time since vinyl days, either together — comprising an acceptable 'short' LP program — or separately. For CD, the earlier Violin Concerto is a logical makeweight.

That score finds the young composer groping for his individual voice within the broad scale of the Romantic concerto. At the start, a single tutti chord serves as a call to attention for a violin cadenza, which runs nearly a minute before woodwind chords, at last, engage it in dialogue...

CARL NIELSEN

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC

ALAN GILBERT

VIOLIN MUSIC

FLUTE MUSIC

CLARINET MUSIC

ORCHESTRAL MUSIC