Suite
Piano piece by Carl Nielsen
The composer (c. late 1910s)
CatalogueFS 91; CNW 88
Opus45
Composed1919 (1919)
PublisherEdition Peters (1923)
Durationapprox. 22 mins.
Movements6

The Suite (first deprecated subtitle "Ild og Vand", translated to English as "Fire and Water"; second deprecated—but widely used—subtitle: "Den Luciferisk", translated to English as "The Luciferian"), Op. 45 (FS 91; CNW 88), is a six-movement suite for piano written in 1919 by the Danish composer Carl Nielsen.

Structure and music

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The work consists of six movements:

  1. Allegretto un pochettino (in F-sharp minor)
  2. Poco moderato (in G major)
  3. Molto adagio e patetico (in G minor)
  4. Allegretto innocente (in F-sharp major)
  5. Allegretto vivo (in B minor)
  6. Allegro non troppo ma vigoroso (in F minor)

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Discography

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The table below lists commercially available recordings of the Op. 45 Suite:

No. Pianist Time Rec.[a] Recording venue Label Ref.
1 Arne Skjold Rasmussen 20:40 1953 ? Danacord
2 John Ogdon 22:16 1967 Decca Studios No. 3 RCA Red Seal
3 John McCabe 21:50 1974 St George the Martyr, Holborn Somm
4 Friedrich Wilhelm Schnurr [de] ? 1979 Brenners Park-Hotel & Spa [de] Rondo Marburg
5 Stina Sundell [sv] 23:10 1980 Stockholm Radiohuset Studio 2 SR Records
6 Elisabeth Westenholz 21:50 1980 Nacka Aula [sv], Nacka BIS
7 Herman Koppel 20:57 1981 Danmarks Radio, Studio 3 Dacapo
8 Werner Bärtschi 20:56 1984 Kirche Blumenstein Ex Libris
9 Robert Hamilton 22:05 1984(?) Gammage Memorial Auditorium Orion
10 Mina Miller 22:22 1986 Haberdashers' Aske's School Hyperion
11 Enid Katahn 22:15 1989(?) Blair School of Music Gasparo
12 Anne Øland 23:28 1993 The Academy of Music, Odense [da] Paula Classics
13 Christian Eggen 22:10 1993 Universitetets aula [no], University of Oslo Victoria
14 Leif Ove Andsnes 21:18 1995 St George's Church, Brandon Hill Virgin Classics
15 Peter Seivewright 23:54 1995 St. Martin's Church, East Woodhay Naxos
16 Martin Roscoe 20:45 2007 Potton Hall, Suffolk Hyperion
17 Christina Bjørkøe [de] 26:33 2007 Black Diamond cpo
18 Andrew Rangell 21:40 2008 Gardner Museum Bridge Records
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