I'm going to do you a favor. Go look up a recording of Symphony No. 2 by Sibelius. Surely it's at least on YouTube if it's not at the public library. Any sane person would love that piece. It sounds like you already heard my other favorite Sibelius.
Other people like Finlandia, but #2 is really where the money is.
Sibelius is one of the dudes that wrote like he did full well knowing that the Ruskies would kick his ass for it. (Shostakovitch was another.)
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Date: 2008-10-12 02:39 pm (UTC)I'm going to do you a favor. Go look up a recording of Symphony No. 2 by Sibelius. Surely it's at least on YouTube if it's not at the public library. Any sane person would love that piece. It sounds like you already heard my other favorite Sibelius.
Other people like Finlandia, but #2 is really where the money is.
Sibelius is one of the dudes that wrote like he did full well knowing that the Ruskies would kick his ass for it. (Shostakovitch was another.)