 | from Sibelius: Pelleas and Melisande & other works (CKD220) 1 Chorus of the winds [3'17] 15 minutes 38 seconds 9 tracks2 Intermezzo [1'49] 3 Dance of the nymphs [1'38] 4 Prospero [1'41] 5 Song 1 [0'52] 6 Song 2 [0'58] 7 Miranda [1'51] 8 The naiads [1'20] 9 Dance episode [2'12] 'Although he only completed one, short opera, Sibelius was no stranger to the theatre. This enterprising disc brings some of his better-known incidental scores together with music less often aired. Pe ... 'I like the menace that Swensen finds in this music [Pelleas and Melisande], and also in The Tempest. 'At the seashore', (the number Beecham omits) is quite threatening; nature's violenc ...  Classics Today |