Spohr’s symphonic music (and much else) is earnest to the point of caricature. The Seventh Symphony is subtitled “The Earthly and Divine in Human Life,”
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Spohr’s symphonic music (and much else) is earnest to the point of caricature. The Seventh Symphony is subtitled “The Earthly and Divine in Human Life,”
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Those who’ve followed Marco Polo’s Louis Spohr string quartet cycle from its inception will know what to expect from this final installment. Both the A
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Spohr subtitled his Fourth Symphony “The Consecration of Tone: Characteristic Tone Painting in Symphonic Form”, and prefaced it with a long-winded poem of the same
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Spohr’s symphonic music (and much else) is earnest to the point of caricature. The Seventh Symphony is subtitled “The Earthly and Divine in Human Life,”
Those who’ve followed Marco Polo’s Louis Spohr string quartet cycle from its inception will know what to expect from this final installment. Both the A
Spohr subtitled his Fourth Symphony “The Consecration of Tone: Characteristic Tone Painting in Symphonic Form”, and prefaced it with a long-winded poem of the same
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Hyperion's Romantic Piano Concerto Series (Box 1) Has Arrived!
How would you like to talk about these groundbreaking recordings? One at a time? In clumps? All at once? That you should acquire this set goes almost without saying (if you don't already have the individual releases), so let me know what you think would be the best way to do it justice.
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