It was a watershed year for music--both in the concert hall and opera house. There were the premieres of Brahms’ first symphony and Wagner’s four-evening-long Ring cycle. Gustav Mahler’s first significant score made its appearance, Grieg and Dvorak produced their first major works to be acclaimed outside their own countries, and a new French opera launched Tchaikovsky on a stream of works on the subject of “fate.”
The year was 1876, and in the eyes of many, it heralded a new age for classical music, whose impact we still feel today.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
| Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite |
Ulster Orchestra, Handley |
Chandos CHAN 8524 |
5014682852425 |
| Mahler: Mahler Piano Quartet in A minor |
Alpe Adria Ensemble |
Hungaroton HCD31519 |
[none – out of print] |
| Brahms: Symphony No. 1 |
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Mackerras |
Telarc CD-80463 |
089408046322 |
| Dvorak: Piano Concerto |
Aimard , Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Harnoncourt |
Teldec8573-87630-2 |
685738763023 |
| Dvorak-Smetana String Quartets [for String Quartet No. 1 “From My Life”] |
Alban Berg Quartet |
EMI Classics CDC 7542152 |
077775421521 |
| Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini |
Berlin Philharmonic, Ozawa |
EMI Classics CDE 7677902 |
077776779027 |
| Wagner: The Ring without Words |
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Maazel |
Telarc CD-80154 |
089408015427 |
| Wagner: Marches & Overtures [for American Centennial March] |
Hong Kong Philharmonic, Kojian |
Marco Polo 8.220114 |
0730099211420 |
