For the next couple posts, I'm going to be focusing on Scandinavian composers and performers. First up is this really fine performance of Nielsen's "Inextinguishable"symphony by the great Igor Markevitch with the Royal Danish Orchestra. I have to admit that Nielsen has never been one of my favorite composers; I really do not know why other then I've always had a difficult time focusing on his melodies and how he develops his ideas. Only wo conductors have been convincing me that Nielsen is a very great composer: Ole Schmidt and Igor Markevitch.
This performance simply grabs my attention from the onset and does not let go. I feel that Markevitch has this second tier orchestra playing on the edge of their seats and his control here is awesome. In this conductor's hands, this symphony is allowed to make its very bold statement as a true masterpiece of the genre.
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