Segerstam: September, Visions at Korpijärvi (Symphony No. 21); Symphony No. 23 (Afterthoughts Questioning Questionings)

COMPOSERS: Segerstam
LABELS: Ondine
WORKS: September, Visions at Korpijärvi (Symphony No. 21); Symphony No. 23 (Afterthoughts Questioning Questionings)
PERFORMER: Finnish RSO, Tampere PO
CATALOGUE NO: ODE 928-2

There are imaginative and atmospheric moments though the music is totally amorphous. One rarely feels that for all his talents, his is a distinctive voice. Some of the quieter passages have much delicacy of feeling: the more massively scored outbursts are both overpowering and underwhelming. Robert Layton