This is the first complete collection of Carl Nielsen’s masterly chamber works available on CD. Music in which the Danish national composer, with his spontaneous and imaginative works, presents himself as a renewer of the classical tradition. Here all the string quartets, violin sonatas and wind works appear in new, definitive recordings by top young Danish musicians. The piano works are played in unique fashion by Herman D. Koppel, who as a young man was priviliged to play them all to the composer himself.
This is an important release, containing magnificent performances of some major works.
–ClassicsToday.com
"The chamber music of the Danish composer Carl Nielsen, composed in the late 19th and early 20th century, has been enjoying a renaissance recently. The superb Danish String Quartet offers passionate, elegantly rendered interpretations of its compatriot’s lyrical, characterful quartets. The six-disc set also features the genial Piano Trio in G, as well as works for wind; piano and violin sonatas; and pieces for solo violin and solo piano." – Vivien Schweitzer, The New York Times
