Twentieth century symphonists
Posted by Stephen Barber on June 28, 2022, 10:15 am
In his review of the Mark Elder Vaughan Williams symphonies, Nick Barnard suggests that only a handful of twentieth century composers have had multiple recordings of their symphonies, and lists six who immediately spring to mind. Actually, there are many more who qualify under his criterion. Elgar, Walton and Tippett from Britain, Ives and Copland from the USA, Roussel and Messiaen from France, Honegger from Switzerland, Hindemith and Henze from Germany, Szymanowski and Lutoslawski from Poland and there are no doubt many more. The symphony flourished in the twentieth century
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