COMPOSERS: Frankel
LABELS: CPO
WORKS: Symphony No. 7; Symphony No. 8; Overture to a Ceremony; A Shakespeare Overture
PERFORMER: Queensland SO/Werner Andreas Albert
CATALOGUE NO: 999 243-2
Frankel’s last symphonies are characteristically lyrical within his muscular 12-note idiom. The Eighth is more immediately attractive, containing a greater contrast between slow and fast music than the Seventh, but both repay concentrated listening. Performances are sometimes a little scrappy. Martin Cotton
Frankel: Symphony No. 7; Symphony No. 8; Overture to a Ceremony; A Shakespeare Overture
Frankel’s last symphonies are characteristically lyrical within his muscular 12-note idiom. The Eighth is more immediately attractive, containing a greater contrast between slow and fast music than the Seventh, but both repay concentrated listening. Performances are sometimes a little scrappy. Martin Cotton
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3
Published: January 20, 2012 at 1:20 pm