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Jacob Axel Josephson: Symphony in E flat, Op. 4
Elisabeth Söderström (soprano), Erik Saedén (baritone)
Gavle Radio Orchestra, Kungliga Akademiska Kapellet, Orphei Drangar, Per Åke Andersson, Jan Eyron, Stig Westerberg
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Indeed, right from the impressively cohesive first movement, the work is full of buoyant, life-affirming energy (Huber said he was constantly thinking "spring thoughts" while composing it) that... —
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Büttner was, on this evidence, a composer in the Bruckner-Schumann vein rather like Wetz but with a fantastic tendency fuelled by Berlioz and Richard Strauss. He would I am sure have been delighted... —
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Heinrich Schulz-Beuthen: Symphony No. 5
Anastasiya Sidelnikova (organ)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Adriano
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Bernard Zweers: Symphony No. 2
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Holland, Antoni Wit, Jean Fournet, Lucas Vis
More impressive and individual are the five orchestral preludes commissioned for a staging of the theatrical epic Gijsbrecht van Aemstel in 1892 - broodingly atmospheric pieces with hints of... —
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Crusell: Woodwind Concerti
Staffan Mårtensson (clarinet), Erik Rapp (horn), Andreas From (bassoon), Dan Larsson (clarinets)
Ostgata Blasarsymfoniker, Olaf Boman
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Friedrich von Flotow: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Carl Petersson (piano)
Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra, Hans Peter Wiesheu
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August Söderman: Catholic Mass
Musikhögskolans stora kör, Musikhögskolans kammarkör, Musikhögskolans symfoniorkester, Per Borin
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... the two symphonies seem well enough represented and certainly there is much to take pleasure. I knew the third from a radio broadcast but hearing these two together points up that here is... —
