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3 days agoNielsen: Clarinet Concerto; Helios; Symphony No 5 album review suavity and elegance from Gardner's Bergen Phil
Edward Gardner's nine years as principal conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic came to an end in July 2024, but their recording projects together continue to appear. This is the third instalment of Gardner's Nielsen series with the orchestra, after previous discs featuring the third and fourth symphonies. Like its predecessors, the latest release pairs a symphony with one of Nielsen's concertos, in this case the Fifth Symphony, completed in 1922, with the work for clarinet composed six years later.
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