Donald Satz wrote:

> Kai Czepiczka is considering buying the CPO disc of George Macfarren's
> 4th and 7th symphonies and asked whether the disc was worth investigation.
>
> I bought the disc in question over a year ago and listened to it a few
> times.  I can't say I was very impressed; the works did not display a
> wealth of melodic invention... [cut]

Well, a friend told me pretty much the same, so did Mr Pennycuick. So I'll
stay away from this one.

> Perhaps a better choice, also on CPO, would be a disc of symphonies of
> Jeanne-Louise Farrenc who was born about 10 years earlier than Macfarren.
> I consider her significantly better than Macfarren.  Her disc gives you
> obscure works which should be better known. [cut]

I certainly can subscribe to this.  I wrote a little about her life and
music on my homepage at http://cpa.feynsinn.de/eng/farrenc/Farrenc.html .
You can find there a discography and a soundfile from the cpo CD Donald
mentions, too.

Kai Czepiczka,
Seoul, Korea.