Englund: Symphonies Nos 3 & 7 available on May 11 2018 from Base for 11.19
UPC bar code 761195083321 ξ1 registered May 20 2018
UPC bar code 761195083321 ξ2 registered September 27 2014
Product category is MUSIC CD - CD - Classical Audio
Manufacturered by Ondine
Product weight is 0.22 lbs.
Einar Englund (b. 1916) is one of the greatest composers--besides Jean Sibelius--the 20th century has produced. Englund's range of work, especially as seen in his symphonies, has evolved enormously since the end of the Second World War. His later symphonies--the ones on this disc--show the introduction of modern elements into his orchestral pieces. This is evident in Symphony No. 3 (1971) with its mild atonality--the same kind Shostakovich used--that never quite lets go of its Finnish roots, again, like Shostakovich. The Symphony No. 7 (1988) is a stark work about as far from Sibelius as you can get. Recommended highly. --Paul Cook
