CARL NIELSEN (1865-1931): Overture and Cockerel's Dance from Maskarade, Prelude from Sir Olaf He Rides, Snefrid - Suite for Orchestra, Prelude to Act II of Saul and David, Rhapsody Overture: An Imaginary Journey to the Faroe Islands, Prelude to Act III of Willemoes, Pan and Syrinx, Op. 49, Cupid and the Poet, Op. 54, Overture Helios, Op. 17.

Description: Amazingly, everything here is currently available elsewhere (sometimes only once, though) except for the Willemoes third act prelude. The 13 minutes of Snefrid excerpts is the longest item here, among Nielsen's earliest works, completed just a year after the Symphony No. 1. Nielsen completists will certainly want such a collection of rarely heard (and even more rarely recorded) music. Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR; Thomas Dausgaard. SACD hybrid.