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Sergej Rachmaninov – Prince Rostislav

Sergej Rachmaninov – Prince Rostislav

by | Last updated Mar 3, 2020 | Published on Mar 22, 2018 | The music room

Time for a tone poem: a young Rachmaninov found inspiration in a poem by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, cousin to Lev Tolstoy. Rachmaninov was barely 18 years old at the time of this composition. The piece was completed in 1891, but it was never performed during his...
Prisma – Contemporary works for orchestra (review)

Prisma – Contemporary works for orchestra (review)

by | Last updated Jul 18, 2019 | Published on Feb 13, 2018 | Reviews

Contemporary Works For Orchestra A compilation of orchestral works from 4 different contemporary composers from the United States and England. The inspiration for these pieces is incredibly diverse, spanning from the 1997 Hale-Bopp comet to the American folk-song...
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...
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