Sibelius - The Swan of Tuonela (Tuonelan Joutsen)

[KingamonmenVII]

I really don't understand your "dedication text" , is that supposed to be sarcastic? Theodor wasn't German-centrist......quite the opposite, he was a marxist Jew.

[MarcheseCadmio88]

@KingamonmenVII If we talk about politics and philosophy, yes, he was left-winged and liberal-minded (and I like this). But in his essays about music he always glorifies the German tradition and serialism, labeling the other composers (Stravinsky, Bartók!) as rubbish from peripheral areas of Europe. And all this without any reasonable argumentation: just imposing his granitic way of thinking and mistaking musical art with easy sociology.

[KingamonmenVII]

@MarcheseCadmio88 Thanks for clarification.

[123must]

MarcheseCadmio , un abbraccio per il riferimento a quel pallone gonfiato ( anche ) di Adorno !

Grazie di cuore

[MarcheseCadmio88]

@123must Mio dovere e mio piacere!

[JFDA5458]

Just heard this on classic FM this morning. A wonderful piece.

[TheVaughan5]

Could we have the artists details please? This a fine recording.

[MarcheseCadmio88]

@TheVaughan5 Here you are

[pbj4toast]

I don't know that any other instrument could have played it with such longing and grief. This was obviously the right choice, but I would love to hear it done by the French Horn too.

[thedeeliciousplum]

A while back, CBC's Peter Gzowski's radio voice was as comforting as the most priceless, down-filled feathered pillow, that is resting on a bed made of chocolate truffles. It was about 7 or 8 pm. Pitch wintry black outside... even the trees where shivering... then Peter's voice filled my little parking booth with a description of this Finnish folk tale, to which he concluded by setting Sibelius' song free. I was pretty much in "7th heaven" from this.

[goldie0800]

A friend has asked "What are the elements of nature that create an air of mystery for you?" and I could only think of this, Sibelius' "Swan of Tuonela" which is indeed mysterious, mystical, and haunting!