Listen to Casella's Second Symphony here
Premiere recording from the BBC Philharmonic and Gianandrea Noseda
Casella
Symphony No. 2; Scarlattiana
Martin Roscoe (piano); BBC Philharmonic/Gianandrea Noseda
Chandos CHAN 10605 76:58 mins
‘His Second Symphony (1908-10) is utterly immersed in the soundworld of Mahler. Lasting nearly 50 minutes, this is a major work which, if not quite on the scale of Casella’s hero, retains the same structural restlessness and shattering emotional scope' Christopher Dingle
A full review plus star ratings is published in our July 2010 issue
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