Matthew Huston wrote:

>I picked up a CD of Danish composer Asger Hamerik's 1st and 2nd
>symphonies on Marco Polo.  Lovely, lovely music.

Marco Polo/Dacapo also issued more recently Hamerik's 3rd and 4th
symphonies.  The 6th is on CPO.  And it is lovely music.

>And if anyone has recommendations of little known 19th century
>symphonists, I'd be glad to hear about it.

I've been listening in my car lately to another Marco Polo disc devoted to
two symphonies of Adolf Frederik Lindblad, a Swedish composer born in 1801.
Actually, I find his music somewhat similar to Hamerik's - very tuneful
with zesty pacing in the fast movements, lovely melodies in the slow
movements, and very traditional.

Another similarity, for me, was that I didn't initially think well
of either composer's symphonies, but they have grown on me with each
additional listening.

Don Satz
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