Casella Suite for Orchestra op. 13 on Naxos

[alberto]

Listening to Casella's suite op.13, in the first movement, I have been puzzled by the (IMO) too explicit and evident "homages to" or "borrowing from" Mahler First Symphony; and, in the third movement, by the hints (or more) of Sibelius Third Sym. (in 1910 brand new, and snobbed by Glazunov and Prokofiev at the world premiere). More subdued and subliminal (in the Casella) the overtones of Mahler's Fourth in Casella' Suite third movement.
Casella's op.13 was apparently appreciated by Mahler himself, Mengelberg and Bruno Walter.
On reviewing the Naxos Cd, the (important) French critic Michel Fleury, not silencing the Mahler heritage, has praised it ("Classica", November 2012).
Impressions from friends of the forum?
(Naxos 8.573004 Alfredo Casella Suite op.13; Pagine di guerra op.25 bis; Concerto per orchestra op.61;
Francesco La Vecchia cond., Orch.Sinfonica di Roma).