Sexier and stormier than Sibelius
Album Of The WeekFrom 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.
Sexier than Sibelius? Who would have thought it possible?
Is this Placido Domingo trying to walk on stage?
1926 was also the year of Sibelius’ masterpiece Tapiola.
There are a lot of stormy elements in this forest piece…