Andreas von Doebeln <[log in to unmask]> writes:

>I strongly recommend the works by Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905-1963),
>especially the symphonies.  At EMI Classics the fabolous young
>conductor Ingo Metzmacher is working on his cycle of all symphonies.

I want to second the recommendation of Karl Amadeus Hartmann.  I like his
earlier symphonies, for which post-Mahlerian is an excellent description,
the best.  The later symphonies sometimes get a bit relentlessly fugal for
my taste.  The first is my favorite.

I bought the complete Wergo set of symphonies (4 CD's) way back when, which
I think is still available, but these days there are plenty of individual
CD's to choose from.

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