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Title: A cult recording!
Review: Franz Welser Most is nowadays, one the most interesting figures at the podium. And just a few conductors have had the courage to record this admirable Symphony, unfairly forgotten, dismiised and overlooked by most of audiences.Composed in Franklin Delano Roosvelt's memory, the Symphony is far from being a modern Symphony. Inmersed into the last breadth of the great Romantic European tradition, this work exudes expressive noblesse hovered by spiritual flair.Barbara Hendricks is terrific with Korngold, except in Marietta lied. I rather chose the version of Kiri Te kanawa directed by Previn with LSO from 1994.A must have. Buy it. You will be surprised all the way through.
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