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Jean Sibelius: Hymn to the Earth

Jean Sibelius: Hymn to the Earth

by | Last updated Mar 3, 2020 | Published on Jan 10, 2019 | The music room

Jordens sång, Hymn to the Earth, Op. 95. A gorgeous cantata for mixed choir and orchestra by Jean Sibelius.  Enjoy Paavo Jârvi with the Ellerhein Girls’ Choir, the Estonian National Male Choir and the Estonian National Symphony...
Henri Dutilleux: The Shadows of Time.

Henri Dutilleux: The Shadows of Time.

by | Last updated Mar 3, 2020 | Published on Oct 21, 2018 | The music room

Written in 1997 The Shadows of Time is a somber meditation on loss. The trigger to the composition was ticked off in 1995, on the half-century anniversary of the end of WWII and the discovery of the deportation by the Nazis to concentration camps of an entire...
Giacomo Puccini: Preludio Sinfonico

Giacomo Puccini: Preludio Sinfonico

by | Last updated Mar 3, 2020 | Published on Jul 23, 2018 | The music room

Puccini’s Preludio Sinfonico was composed for his final 1882 exam at the conservatory in Milan. The performance was everything but a success. Though you can spot some Lohengrin here and there (among others), the anticipation of Manon Lescaut is fascinating!...
Carlos Chavez: Antigone Symphony

Carlos Chavez: Antigone Symphony

by | Last updated Mar 3, 2020 | Published on Jun 25, 2018 | The music room

A composer that deserves much more credit for his talent, Carlos Chavez was born in Mexico in 1899 and became one of the most prominent cultural figures of his time. Here is his Antigone Symphony, brilliantly conducted by Eduardo...
Sergej Rachmaninov – Symphony n.3

Sergej Rachmaninov – Symphony n.3

by | Last updated Mar 3, 2020 | Published on May 26, 2018 | The music room

Passionate as Rachmaninov always is, this symphony is composed of only 3 movements in a cyclic form with references to the plain-chant Dies Irae. In 1937 the composer wrote: “It was played in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, etc. At the first two performances I...