It would be quite easy to attend piano recitals for years and never hear a note of Sibelius. Leif Ove Andsnes, a Norwegian making an adventurous raid into Sibelius’s native Finland, wants to change ...

Like most of Sibelius’s chamber music, the Piano Quintet comes from his apprentice years, and it’s only in the past decade that it has earned a proper hearing. It has an expansive five-movement ...

Sibelius, Piano Music Performed by Leif Ove Andsnes (Sony Classical). Andsnes is right. He is prominently quoted on the album cover saying this: "Everyone was astonished that there could be a major ...

Yes, Sibelius did write piano music, though not a lot of it gets heard. A recent BIS collection featured original pieces and transcriptions played on the composer's own piano, and Glenn Gould recorded ...

South Florida Symphony Orchestra will open its 28th Key West Masterworks season with an evening of music led by SFSO's award-winning music director and multi-generation Key West Conch native Sebrina ...

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My first encounter with this marvel in its crowning glory so far, a week-long celebration of Finland’s greatest composer in his 150th birthday year, filled me with some of the wonder that must have ...

He was one of the great musical visionaries of the 20th century and his symphonies revitalised a tradition that was close to collapsing under its own expressive weight. There are few of us who haven’t ...

Sibelius 5 is a first-class piece of software, and while the new features won´t make or break your ability to create good-looking scores, they´re welcome additions to an already outstanding program.