I am working on a review of the recent EMI release of Jansons and the St.
Petersburg PO. I highly recommend it, for what it's worth. Anyway, there
is an instrument in the third movement that I cannot identify. At moments
it sounds like an accordian or something. Then I think it is an oboe, but
it is too mystical sounding. I read the notes to see if I could find out
the instrumentation. Nil. Even tried my other recording. Checked out
Steinberg's book. He doesn't even discuss it. I guess he assumes it
should have remained unpublished. Anyway, it is a very good work and it
has been growing on me. Still, I cannot figure out what the instrument is.
Can anyone help?
Peace, bob stumpf
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