Unsung Composers

The Music => Composers & Music => Topic started by: Ilja on Tuesday 22 January 2013, 09:52

Title: NOT Wiklund's Symphony
Post by: Ilja on Tuesday 22 January 2013, 09:52
Esteemed administrators, I don't know if I'm in the right group here, let me know or remove the thread if so.

Other denizens, might I call in your help in identifying a piece? This (http://www.mediafire.com/?6bo988h36sshsj0 (http://www.mediafire.com/?6bo988h36sshsj0)) piece was once sent to me as Adolf Wiklund's Symphony, Op. 20 from 1923 - despite being just over 11 minutes in length and not sounding like a symphony at all. But after hearing Langgaard's Ixion, my idea of what is and isn't a symphony has obviously taken a bit of a beating.

Now that I have heard a 'proper' recording of the Wiklund symphony (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h-FcfhdK7Y (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h-FcfhdK7Y); live recording from 1952), I can easily tell that my recording isn't it. However, what I'm curious to learn is what it IS. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

P.s. I'm reminded of a Russian Disc recording of Miaskovsky's 'first' and 'fifth' symphonies, which in fact contained Prokofiev's Ballet Chout. That led me astray a fair bit, but Eric eventually solved the riddle.