Symphony No. 2, Op. 16, "The Four Temperaments" in Full Score

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) was greatly influenced early in his professional life by Grieg, Dvořák, and Brahms.

Developing his compositional skills while earning a living as a second violist in the Royal Orchestra, the distinguished Dane displayed, even in his earliest works, a striking conception of tonality as a fluid, progressive characteristic of his music -- a leaning conspicuous in his popular and richly scored Second Symphony (1901-02).