PETTERSSON Symphony No. 8

PETTERSSON: Symphony No. 8. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sergiu Comissiona. DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2531 176, produced by Halm Elmquist. Readers of Fanfare have had considerable opportunity to become familiar with the music of Allan Pettersson, the Swedish composer who died this past June. Eloquent …

PANUFNIK Thames Pageant. Invocation for Peace.

PANUFNIK: Thames Pageant. Invocation for Peace. King’s House School Choir; Thames Youth Ensemble conducted by Michael Stuckey. UNICORN UNS-264. The repertoire of music designed to be performed and enjoyed by children is not an imposing one. Most such music tends to be …

PANUFNIK Concerto Festivo. Concertino. Landscape. Katyri Epitaph

PANUFNIK: Concerto Festivo. Concertino. Landscape. Katyri Epitaph. Kurt-Hans Goedicke, timpani; Michael Frye, percussion (Concertino); London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrzej Panufnik. UNICORN-KANCHANA DKP-9016 (digital), produced by Morton Winding. During the 20 years or so that I have been following the music of Andrzej Panufnik, …

SUCHON: Balladic Suite; Metamorphosis, Symphonic Fantasy on B-A-C-H. JUROVSKY: Symphony No. 2 (“Heroic”)

SUCHOŇ: Balladic Suite; Metamorphoses. Klará Havliková, piano. RCA (Germany) PRL1-9056 (26.41393). SUCHOŇ: Symphonic Fantasy on B-A-C-H. JUROVSKÝ: Symphony No. 2 (“Heroic”). Ferdinand Klinda, organ; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Ludovít Rajter. RCA (Germany) PRL1-9055 (26.41392). Eugen Suchoň (1908-1993) may be an unknown name in this country, but he …

SCRIABIN: Symphony No. 1 in E, Op. 26. Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 29. Symphony No. 3, Op.43. Symphony No. 4, Op. 54. Symphony No. 5, Op. 60.

SCRIABIN: Symphony No. 1 in E, Op. 26. Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 29. Sym­phony No. 3, Op. 43 (“The Divine Poem”). Symphony No. 4, Op. 54 (“The Poem of Ec­stasy”) Symphony No. 5, Op. 60 (“Prometheus—Poem of Fire”). Doris Soffel, mezzo-soprano, and Fausto Tenzi, tenor (in Symphony No. 1); Wolfgang …

SCRIABIN: Symphony No. 3 (“Divine Poem”)

SCRIABIN: Symphony No. 3 (“Divine Poem”). Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, con­ducted by Kiril Kondrashin. ETCETERA ETC-1027. Etcetera, a young Dutch company whose novel ideas and high standards have begun to make an impact, now issues a concert performance of Scriabin’s Divine Poem, played by the …