Introducing the symphonic sphere of Leevi Madetoja

Naxos Classical Spotlight by Raymond

Jun 27, 202520:01Music

"I feel that you will achieve your greatest triumphs in [the symphonic] genre for I consider you to have precisely the properties that make a great symphonic composer. This is my firm belief." Thus wrote Jan Sibelius in...

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