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Alphons Diepenbrock: Hymne aan Rembrandt

Alphons Diepenbrock: Hymne aan Rembrandt

by | Last updated Mar 3, 2020 | Published on Feb 27, 2018 | The music room

The very little known dutch composer Alphons Diepenbrock, was, in his time, highly regarded as a leading composer, admired by Mahler among others. Here’s a performance of a rare piece, sung by Eva-Maria Westbroek with the Radio Symphony Orchestra and the...
Alexander Scriabin: Symphony n.1

Alexander Scriabin: Symphony n.1

by | Last updated Mar 3, 2020 | Published on Nov 4, 2017 | The music room

Alexander Scriabin Symphony No.1, Op. 26. performed by the Radio Sinfonie Orchester Frankfurt under Eliahu Inbal with mezzosoprano Doris Soffel, tenor Fausto Tenzi and the Frankfurter Kantorei. Written between 1899 and 1900, this symphony is one of the great Scriabin...
Edvard Grieg – Symphony in C minor

Edvard Grieg – Symphony in C minor

by | Last updated Mar 3, 2020 | Published on May 17, 2017 | The music room

Composed in 1864, Grieg himself put a fatwa on it: ‘Must never be performed’. Although this Symphony reveals numerous influences, some more obvious than others, it’s a crafty-built piece, full of youthful vigor and inventive melodies. Here’s a performance...
Samuel Barber: Symphony n.1

Samuel Barber: Symphony n.1

by | Last updated Mar 3, 2020 | Published on Sep 17, 2016 | The music room

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 (Barber’s 1944 revision).  This one-movement symphony, composed in Rome during the winter of 1935-36 and...