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Milhaud: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4. Alun Francis, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Basel. CPO 999 539-2.(Review)
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Milhaud: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4. Alun Francis, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Basel. CPO 999 539-2.
Darius Milhaud's First Symphony was composed at the beginning of the Second World War, and while it does not have a set program, one can infer freely from its varied material a possible scenario. The opening movement is light, pastoral, free, and easygoing. It calls to mind the lull before the storm, the peace before the War. The second movement opens boisterously, perhaps the War itself. The third movement is slow and serious but with little sense of danger; maybe wishful ...
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