I don’t know why Nielsen is not a more popular composer around here. Lush and romantic in style, but interesting with twentieth century harmonic ideas, his Symphonies are truly gorgeous. Continuing in their Nielsen series of recordings, the LSO present Symphony No 2 ‘The Four Temperaments’ and Symphony No 3 ‘Sinfonia Espansiva’. The Symphony No 2 is lyrical and often gentle in it’s depiction of the four temperaments of our emotional states, but the opening of the Symphony No 3 shows a completely different side of Nielsen as a composer. A terrific recording to add to the collection.