Prokofiev/ Gritskova/ Prinz - Songs & RomancesSergey Prokofiev is acknowledged as one of the 20th century's greatest composers, and his enduring popularity today rests on a rich legacy of orchestral and chamber works. Less well known are his songs, which display a lyrical component that suited his liking for clear and simple forms. This can be heard particularly in Five Poems of Anna Akhmatova, but all of these pieces show Prokofiev to be a worthy successor of the great 19th century tradition of

Hasse/ Ihle/ Dresden Chapel Boys Choir - Te Deum / Gloria

Ahn Ye Eun - Circle Dance (incl

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The Four Tone Poems explore the paintings of the symbolist Arnold Bocklin and form symphonic mood pictures that veer from delicacy to Bacchanalian frenzy

This renaissance was foreshadowed by Tchaikovsky's setting of the Liturgy of St John Chrysostom in 1878 - in it's time a controversial work

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vocalist Pelle Gustafsson

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I for one doff my cap in a salute of sincere appreciation" - Gene Krupa

A "grandiose and yet passionate libretto" Verdi wanted to put into music according to his own statement

cause us to rethink our lifetrajectory and still remind us of the hope that all is not lost and new beginnings are waiting for anyone