cosa rara
The music room
This corner is dedicated to pieces of music that are rarely performed and yet do not really deserve to be forgotten.
Alexander Borodin – Requiem
Alexander Borodin’s Requiem is not your regular requiem: it’s a 5 minutes piece based on “Chopsticks”
Edvard Grieg – Symphony in C minor
Composed in 1864, Grieg himself put a fatwa on it: ‘It must never be performed’.
Samuel Barber: Symphony n.1
Samuel Barber’s wrenching symphony n.1, here in the wonderful interpretations of the New York Philharmonic led by Bruno Walter in a 1945 recording.
