Samuragochi Symphony No.1

[motiaan]

Hi,

cdjapan.co.jp has them for ~29 euros incl. shipping to europe... and I am waiting for mine.

[M. Yaskovsky]

Thanks for the suggestion. Seems to be the cheapest option for me!

[motiaan]

Dear forum,

after several listenings, I feel rather ambiguous. It IS a monolith of a symphony, not too modern in a positive sense and both a pleasant and mind-blowing experience. But, just listening to Mahler's Fifth and the Albert Dietrich symphony, I think it lacks direction. The big symphonists (say, Haydn, Beethoven, Mahler, Pettersson, only to name a few) add something special that keeps the composition "on track", and that is what I miss here, an underlying "arc of suspense". It is marvellous, though.

But what are your impressions?