Sir Edward Elgar, an English composer, was essentially self-taught and, as a Catholic, was somewhat of an outsider in Anglican England.
Composer Biography
Vincenzo Bellini, an Italian opera composer, was one of the most famous opera composers of his time and is known for the operatic aesthetic credo: 'opera, through singing, must make one weep, shudder, die'.
Composer Biography
Ottorino Respighi, an Italian composer, studied violin and composition and became principal viola player at the Imperial Opera in St. Petersburg in 1900, where he received composition lessons from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
Composer Biography
Bedřich Smetana, a Bohemian Czech composer, began his career as a pianist and attracted the attention of Franz Liszt, who later became his friend and patron.
Performer Biography
Hans-Ola Ericsson, the performer on this album, has collaborated directly with composers like Olivier Messiaen, György Ligeti, John Cage, and Arvo Pärt on the interpretation of their organ compositions.
Composer's Artistic Vision
After the death of his wife in 1859, Bedřich Smetana regarded the creation of national music as his vocation, composing symphonic poems comparable to those of Franz Liszt.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ottorino Respighi's individual musical style features modal harmonies, Gregorian and modal melodies in new sonic contexts, and medieval organum techniques.
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