How great is Sibelius?

[Quijote]

Originally Posted by Scott Good

My hunch, which was also suggested by Wiki, is it is derived from Gnossis, as he was supposedly into Gnosticism. Please, be frank!

Now Scott, you be careful with that Satie, red wine, candlelight and making love and all that stuff. I can't remember how many kids you've got, but you don't want to be making any more, do you? I urge your wife to make a run for it the moment you place the Satie in the CD player and turn down the lights ....

[Quijote]

I still have to listen to the Sibelius passage proposed by ReinerT. Just can't get down to it right now. But I will.

[Scott Good]

Originally Posted by Quijote

Now Scott, you be careful with that Satie, red wine, candlelight and making love and all that stuff. I can't remember how many kids you've got, but you don't want to be making any more, do you? I urge your wife to make a run for it the moment you place the Satie in the CD player and turn down the lights ....

[Mambo]

Originally Posted by James C. Fretz

Personally, Sibelius doesn't speak to me quite as forcefully as Mahler or Bruckner. I continue on the journey, though. There was a time (and not in the too distant past) that I felt similarly challenged by a Bruckner symphony. Never say NEVER.

hi James -
i will echo your comment.
So many great symphonists out there - but we usually see
'the same old ones'.
I used to listen to lots of Sibelius on the radio, but i cant recall
anything that really moved me or would be a causative factor in wanting to buy a Sibelius piece.
In other words, when the rubber (music) meets the road (ears)

[Quijote]

Originally Posted by ReinerTorheit

But didn't you enjoy Luonnotar? What a fantastic piece, eh?

I did; it is.

[Musaeus]

Does anyone know what Sibelius thought of Wagner?

To me he [Sibelius] is a finer composer, but had little of the theatrical in him (despite having composed music for plays)