Sexier and stormier than Sibelius

Sexier and stormier than Sibelius

Album Of The Week

norman lebrecht

February 17, 2023

From the Lebrecht Album of the week:

Two Nordic composers created settings of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Well, whaddaya know. sibelius came off second best.

Read here.

And here.

En francais ici

In Czech here.

In The Critic here.

Comments

  • Ross Amico says:

    Sexier than Sibelius? Who would have thought it possible?

  • IP says:

    Is this Placido Domingo trying to walk on stage?

  • Jean says:

    1926 was also the year of Sibelius’ masterpiece Tapiola.

    There are a lot of stormy elements in this forest piece…

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