Title: 10 Is Worth Hearing
Product review: Composer Vagn Holmboe was born in the Jutland region of Denmark (ex-philosophy majors may recall the "Jutland preacher" of Kierkegaard's Either/Or), while conductor Owain Arwel Hughes is a Welshman. These CDs are volumes 3 and 4 in a Holmboe cycle being undertaken by BIS. If you have not yet encountered Holmboe's symphonies, I would recommend starting with the CD containing 8 and 9, both of which are rich orchestral works that sound good on first hearing and invite repeated listening to absorb their aesthetic content.The other CD gets off to an unpromising start, as 1 and 3 are pleasant but do not, at least to these ears, bear repeated listening. However, 10 is much more interesting, making the disc worth purchasing if you have been captured by 8 and 9 and want to explore more of the Jutland landscape.
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