Kevin Sutton: >I would also be curious to learn more about this composer. I don't >have handy access to a Grove and a search on Classical net turned >up with no entries for this composer. A web search turned up very >little useful information. I am quite taken with this man's music and >would love to hear more. Recommendations by listers of any >recordings of his music that are noteworthy would be appreciated. I've been very happy with the symphonies on a 3CD set on EMI by Michel Plasson. It includes several short orchestral works which I think are not otherwise available. I've only heard one of the Ossonce set and none of Sanderling's, but the reviews I've read prefer Ossonce to Plasson. The old Ansermet of #3 on Decca remains a favourite and I'd love it to make it to CD. Without re-reading the Magnard bio, I think my memory correctly recalls: He was a very self-critical composer and so his work list is comparatively small. He died defending his home from the advancing Germans in WW1 and the house was destroyed. I have a vague memory of a rave review of an opera, Guercoeur. Richard Pennycuick [log in to unmask]