performed by Anne Queffélec, or below by Krystian Zimerman (cover image by Jez Timms) “…le plaisir délicieux et toujours nouveau d’une occupation inutile” (the delicious and forever-new pleasure of a useless occupation). Henri de Régnier, quote published on the piano … Continue reading Ravel: Valses Nobles et Sentimentales
performed by the Sjælland String Quartet (cover image by Kawin Harasai) Paul August von Klenau was born on February 11, 1883 in Copenhagen, and he there studied under Otto Malling, who himself studied under Niels Gade. (I wrote about Malling’s … Continue reading Paul von Klenau: String Quartet no. 1 in Em
performed by the Lahti Symphony Orchestra under Osmo Vänskä, or below with the Helsinki Philharmonic under Leif Segerstam Det är synd om människorna (One feels pity for human beings). August Strindberg (cover image by Radek Grzybowski) Well, we saw Sibelius a … Continue reading Sibelius Symphony no. 4 in Am, op. 63
performed by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra under Neeme Järvi, with Soile Isokoski and Jorma Hynninen Nielsen’s third symphony premiered on 28 February 1912, in the same concert as the premiere of his violin concerto, this time with the composer on the … Continue reading Nielsen Symphony no. 3, op. 27 “Sinfonia Espansiva”
performed by the USSR State Symphony Orchestra under Evgeny Svetlanov Second and third movement in three parts below: Second movement Third movement pt. 1 and the last part So this symphony, first of all, appears variously as a two- or -three … Continue reading Revisit: Myaskovsky Symphony no. 2 in C#m, op. 11
Performed by the USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Yevgeny Svetlanov conducting. (This piece has been ‘revisited’ since I felt the article below to be [beyond] inadequate. For the updated article, click here.) Do not be deceived; although a two-movement work, at … Continue reading Nikolai Myaskovsky: symphony No. 2 in C#m
Fugue for Thought 