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Viewed closely, Lemminkäinen op. 22 could well be called the 'zeroth' Sibelius symphony, for the early versions of these four tone poems date back to 1895/96, i.e. to the time before the 1st symphony....

The German Requiem by Johannes Brahms was composed in 1866. The first complete performance of the work took place on February 18, 1869, at the Leipzig Gewandhaus, after individual movements had been h...

Sibelius on the organ today? - More than ever! A look at the history of transcriptions of the famous 'Karelia Suite' reveals something astonishing: when Herbert A. Fricker selected orchestral movement...

CD New Zealand Symphony Orchestr, cond. James Sedares KOCH 3-7191-2H1

With his Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op. 11, Johannes Brahms created a brilliant early masterpiece brimming with youthful freshness, pastoral charm, and symphonic vigor. This six-movement work reflects...

Immerse yourself in the warm, chamber-music-like soundscape of Johannes Brahms’ Serenade No. 2 in A major, Op. 16. This masterful early work captivates with its extraordinary orchestration: by intenti...

Immerse yourself in the poetic soundscape of Romanticism with Frédéric Chopin's celebrated Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11. This masterpiece combines virtuosic brilliance with deeply felt emot...

Immerse yourself in the poetic sound world of High Romanticism with the Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21. This masterpiece captivates performers and listeners alike with its deeply felt lyricis...

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Johannes Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83, is widely regarded as one of the most monumental masterpieces of the Romantic era. With its expansive four-movement architecture, it tran...

CD Peter Rejto (violoncello), Pees Hungarian Symphony, cond. Howard Williams SILKD 6011

CD City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra cond. Sakari Oramo ERATO 8573 85822-2 London Symphony Orchestra cond. Sir Colin Davis BMG 7321 68945 2 Masayo Matsuo Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra cond. Neeme...

Premiere Saarbrücken (Musik im 20. Jahrhundert), May 30, 1976UA of the version with reduced strings Berlin, Konzerthaus January 24, 2006, Ensemble Modern Orchestra (EMO)

The 'Valse triste' originates from a multi-movement incidental music that Sibelius put together in 1903. Detached from this functional framework, the concert version of the 'Valse triste', composed sh...

Breitkopf Urtext after the Brahms Complete Edition of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna

First performance Saarbrücken (Music in the 20th Century), May 15, 1983

Premiere Cologne (Musik der Zeit), April 18, 1986 CD :Massimiliano Damerini, Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Peter EötvösCD col legno WWE 31862

Lachenmann's compositional 'commentary' on Beethoven's 9th Symphony quickly became known even as it was being written: In 1985, the symphony orchestra of the Südwestfunk refused to play the commission...

Discover the passionate expressive power and virtuosic brilliance of the Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7. This captivating masterpiece for piano and orchestra impresses with its gripping drama, lyric...

Where else than in the land of 1000 lakes could a symphonic work be created, which has the world current Okeanos and its 4000 daughters (Okeanides) as its theme?

The search for an authoritative musical text led Christian Rudolf Riedel, among others, to the 'New World', specifically to the archives of the New York Philharmonic ...