#SymphonistsChoice2022 #5
Thomas de Hartmann: Orchestral Music Vol. 2

Ukraine-born de Hartmann is my #DiscoveryOfTheYear. His music is often as brilliantly scored as his teacher Rimsky-Korsakov's, with an expansive scale and cinematic sweep as wide as the Russian steppes. The Symphonie-Poème No. 1 is painted on a vast 65-minute canvas packed with colour, balletic vitality and dramatic incident. The perky double-bass concerto is a delight.

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