Symphonies Nos 1-6

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Album Info

Release Date: 2015-03-09

Label: LSO Live

These recordings, made during Sir Colin Davis’ ‘Indian summer’ with the orchestra, are acknowledged to be amongst the finest recordings ever made of this repertoire, receiving numerous awards. The symphonies were originally released between 2011 and 2013 and will now be made available together for the first time as a beautifully packaged 3 SACD box set, including one Pure Audio Blu-ray disc.

Despite giving titles to the majority of his symphonies, Danish composer Carl Nielsen was often vague about what influenced each work. Nevertheless he was a master symphonist and his music is mesmerising, combining propulsive energy with lyrical invention.

DSD recording, live at the Barbican in October 2011 (Symphony No 1), December 2011 (Symphony Nos 2 & 3), May 2010 (Symphony No 4), October 2009 (Symphony No 5), May & June 2011 (Symphony No 6).

Audio 2.0 Stereo and multi-channel (5.1)
Pure Audio Blu-ray includes 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio 24bit/192kHz & 2.0 LPCM 24bit/192kHz.
Also includes downloadable files of the audio:
- 2.0 DSD64
- 2.0 Flac 24 bit/96 kHz
- 2.0 WAV 16 bit/44.1 kHz
- 2.0 MP3 320 kbit

This boxset brings together the 3 individual releases:
Carl Nielsen, Sir Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra - Symphonies Nos 1 & 6
Carl Nielsen, Sir Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra - Symphonies Nos 4 & 5
Sir Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra, Carl Nielson - Symphonies No 2 & 3