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Title: Wonderful modern symphonies - lovers of Prokofiev, Gorecki, Nyman should enjoy this CD.
Review: I really enjoyed this music - exotic rhythms and sometimes turbulent harmonies blended with European and Eastern color. To me, Ince's musical language sounds like a mix between Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Gorecki, and Nyman. The recording is a bit heavy on the percussion and brass and less so on the strings, but it is otherwise well engineered. Don't expect a sonata allegro form to these symphonies. They are more like programmatic episodes but the over all impression is of a creative composer with a talent for programmatic musical expressions. I look forward to hearing other music by this composer.
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