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Today, 56 years after his death, it has. His nine symphonies and the unfinished Tenth, several symphonic song cycles and numerous lieder came out of eclipse after World War II, nudged into the periphery of standard works in the early '60s, and now-played and appreciated as never before...
MAHLER: DAS LIED VON DER ERDE. This melancholy masterpiece, a symphonic setting for ancient Chinese poems at once contemplating the twilight of life and poignantly recalling its pleasures, has appeared in three new interpretations, each worth considering.
The major work on the program was Hindemith's Symphony in Bb(1951). This is the ne plus ultra of the band literature. It is music of real symphonic breadth and of imposing technical and interpretive difficulty. The humor in the piece, unusual for the effort of a German composer...
In the past two years, Ellington has written a symphonic tone poem, a chamber piece for clarinet, saxophones and rhythm, and a film score. Last week he recorded his new background music for a play, The Jaywalker, which will be performed at Coventry Cathedral in June. At the high school...
TCHAIKOVSKY: "SOUVENIR DE FLORENCE" (RCA Victor). Tchaikovsky added an extra cello to Mozart's quintet, but the effect in his rambunctious opening movement is more like 60 strings than six. With its robust peasant dances, twining lines of song and sudden hushes and crescendos, Tchaikovsky's tribute to...