Dallas musicians are featured on recent CDs of note. Dallas Symphony music director Fabio Luisi conducts the six symphonies of Carl Nielsen with one of his...
'Chasing Home,' works by Aaron Copland and Joseph Thalken, performed by the Dallas Chamber Symphony, conducted by Richard McKay. Albany CD.Nielsen: Symphonies 1-6. Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi, conductor .
Back in the 1960s, when reviewers for a hi-fi/music magazine were asked to name their least favorite composers, Carl Nielsen turned up at least twice. But back then the Danish composer was just beginning to be heard more often in American concert halls. Today, at least the Fourth Symphony, titledBristling with thrusting energies and dramatic conflicts, Nielsen’s symphonies also have their shares of hummable tunes and motifs.
At least in my experience, the nameless First Symphony is virtually unknown in concert performances. It has Nielsen’s signature ebullience, but without the sterner stuff that surfaces elsewhere. Surely audiences would enjoy it.’s vocal duet, but otherwise these are first-class performances, carefully plotted, paced and balanced. The Danish orchestra surely has this music in its blood, but Luisi adds his own feeling for drama and, where appropriate, lyricism and playfulness.
The excellent recordings were made in the 1,800-seat main auditorium of the Copenhagen Koncerthuset, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel and opened in 2009. The sound is surprisingly richer and more reverberant — although still quite clear — than you’d expect for a concert hall designed in collaboration with Nagata Acoustics, the firm also responsible for Los Angeles’ Disney Hall,Joseph Thalken: ‘Chasing Home.’ Aaron Copland: ‘Appalachian Spring’ .
Filling a longstanding gap in the Dallas-Fort Worth musical scene, the Dallas Chamber Symphony has become an accomplished ensemble, presenting some of the area’s most enjoyable concerts. Its recording debut includes two dance suites, one well established and beloved, the other new but no less appealing.collaborated to commission a score from pianist, conductor, composer and arranger Joseph Thalken.
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