performed by the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal under Charles Dutoit, or as below with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Yan Pascal Tortelier (cover image by Aaron Burden) Amédée-Ernest Chausson was born on January 20, 1855 in Paris “into an extremely affluent … Continue reading Ernest Chausson: Symphony in B-flat, op. 20
performed by the Malmö Symphony Orchestra under Thomas Sanderling, or below with the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse under Michel Plasson (cover image by Anton Repponen) Lucien Denis Gabriel Albéric Magnard was born on June 9, 1865 in Paris. His father … Continue reading Albéric Magnard: Symphony no. 1 in Cm, op. 4
performed by the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin under Riccardo Chailly, or below by the Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra under the late Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (cover image by Adam Edgerton) It’s been sometime since we’ve seen Bruckner. And aside from the revisit article … Continue reading Bruckner Symphony No. 3 in D minor, WAB 103
performed by the Venice Quartet, or below by the Enso String Quartet Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini had a long name. He was born on December 22, 1858 in Lucca, Italy, one of nine children in the Puccini … Continue reading Giacomo Puccini: Crisantemi
performed by Gregory Hustis, horn; Steven Harlos, piano Here’s something you might not have heard. We’ve featured Scriabin and his work on the blog before, and it’s almost all been for piano (or with orchestra; this is amazing; and his actual piano concerto [already more than … Continue reading Scriabin: Romance for Horn and Piano
performed by Elisabeth Zeuthen Schneider, Amalie Malling & Morten Zeuthen (sorry, no video today… but here’s the album [with audio samples] or from iTunes, the score, and the parts for sale) Otto Valdemar Malling was born on 1 June, 1848 in Copenhagen (we’ll be … Continue reading Otto Malling: Piano trio in Am, op. 36
performed by the USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra under Gennady Rozhdestvensky “[Tchaikovsky] also knew my Third Symphony, which is dedicated to him. Much in it found his approval and, at his request, I often played the scherzo of the … Continue reading Alexander Glazunov: Symphony no. 3 in D, op. 33
performed by Jean-Yves Thibaudet Music You Can Understand: Part 1 Eric Satie died 89 years ago this week, and it wasn’t until I saw his name come up on the history post that I actually remembered this guy. He … Continue reading Erik Satie: Gnossiennes
Fugue for Thought 