YouTube comments on classical music videos are often quite helpful, and I've titled this post with some words from one of them. John Borstlap wrote in full, "Beautifully conducted & performed... This piece is insanely original, depicting something grand that is sometimes on the verge of disintegrating but is recovering again and again." The piece he described was Sibelius's 5th Symphony, performed by the Frunkfurt Radio Symphony with Hugh Wolff wielding the baton. Sibelius p

No, it's not André Rieu. Wolfgang Amadeus earns another spot in the Hall of Fame with his Symphony No. 41, 'Jupiter', one place higher than the opera I discovered last week. This time I actually got to watch the musicians play, which massively changes the listening experience. I saw things that would have escaped my ears alone. Firstly, the orchestral line-up. There is only one flautist. There are no clarinets or trombones. They hadn't become prevalent enough yet, so Mozart c