JEAN SIBELIUS (1865–1957)
SYMPHONY NO. 2 IN D MAJOR, OP. 43
EDVARD GRIEG (1843–1907)
SYMPHONIC DANCES OP. 64, NO. 2
TWO ELEGIAC MELODIES, OP. 34, NO. 2
Dmitrij Kitajenko
Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne
The influential critic Karl Flodin commented
after the première of Sibelius’ Second
Symphony, “A symphonic poem the
like of Sibelius’ Second Symphony has never
been heard before, it’s something rarely heard
in the genre of modern symphony. The more
you listen to this brilliant work, the more powerful
its contours seem, the deeper its soul appears
and the more striking become the clues which
hint at an understanding of this composition.”
OehmsClassics has found the perfect partners
for this recording with Dmitrij Kitajenko
and the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne and
complemented it delightfully with two short
pieces by Edvard Grieg.