Richard Pennycuick wrote: >I mention all this because a volume of his orchestral music, so far >unspecified, is in Naxos's April release list on Marco Polo. Two volumes >of symphonies, with short orchestral works as fillers, have already >appeared on this label as have some of the quartets (Don Satz might be >interested). I am interested and already have one Marco Polo disc containing Hill string quartets - it is very good music. Richard, thanks for the reference. Speaking of Naxos, I "was" interested in the Hugo Alfven disc containing his first symphony and shorter orchestral pieces; then, I listened to the disc. The "fillers" came first, and I was disgusted with what I was hearing. I found the music to lack melodic interest, and worst to my taste, Alfven seems to have a strong penchant for cheery and sappy music which is the opposite of what I want. By the time the Symphony started, I was totally turned off and fell asleep during the first movement. I'll be trying the symphony again, but the fillers are "evil." I'm not stating that Alfven is not a worthy composer; he just is not the type of composer that I can appreciate. Don Satz [log in to unmask]