Cobos,Luis de los - Sinfonia, Op. 8, "Cursus vitae"

[Jolly Roger]

Cobos,Luis de los  - Sinfonia, Op. 8, "Cursus vitae"
Jose Luis Temes,Orchestra: Castilla y Leon Symphony Orchestra
I. Adagio - Allegro 15:11   
II. Andante doloroso  8:47 
III. Allegretto tranquilo  4:00 
IV. Presto - Tempo di vals - Andante maestoso  10:31

[shamus]

Cobos a great find.

[Jolly Roger]

Cobos a great find.

yes..one of my best, I think..I have searched everywhere for more of his music, alas there is precious littlle!!

[mjkFendrich]

yes..one of my best, I think..I have searched everywhere for more of his music, alas there is precious littlle!!

This is from a Verso CD entitled "Obras sinfónicas completa" containing only three works - so there should be little else.

[Jolly Roger]

yes..one of my best, I think..I have searched everywhere for more of his music, alas there is precious littlle!!

This is from a Verso CD entitled "Obras sinfónicas completa" containing only three works - so there should be little else.

Given the quality of his music and the fact that there are at least 7 other symphonies makes for a very sad story. It would be great to know more of this man who elicited favorable comments from Shostakovitch himself!!

[guest145]

Given the quality of his music and the fact that there are at least 7 other symphonies makes for a very sad story. It would be great to know more of this man who elicited favorable comments from Shostakovitch himself!!

7 other symphonies? According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_de_los_Cobos there is only one other symphony, and relatively few other orchestral works. I suspect a major reason for his neglect is that he left Spain and didn't have the benefit of local promotion.

[Christo]

A great find! Only the First Symphony's third movement, alegretto tranquillo, is still available on Youtube:

His work list doesn't show any proof of "8 symphonies" and we may assume there are only two, spanning much of his career:
Symphony No. 1 ″Cursus Vitae″ (1956)
Symphony No. 2 ″El pinar perdido″ (2012)

See his opus list: http://www.revalladolid.es/contenido/doc/Luis%20de%20los%20Cobos-lista%20obras.pdf

[Jolly Roger]

Given the quality of his music and the fact that there are at least 7 other symphonies makes for a very sad story. It would be great to know more of this man who elicited favorable comments from Shostakovitch himself!!

7 other symphonies? According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_de_los_Cobos there is only one other symphony, and relatively few other orchestral works. I suspect a major reason for his neglect is that he left Spain and didn't have the benefit of local promotion.

Sorry, sadly you are correct, there are but 2 symphonies..but the work list looks so achingly awesome...thanks for providing..

[Christo]

Cobos,Luis de los  - Sinfonia, Op. 8, "Cursus vitae"
Jose Luis Temes,Orchestra: Castilla y Leon Symphony Orchestra
I. Adagio - Allegro 15:11   
II. Andante doloroso  8:47 
III. Allegretto tranquilo  4:00 
IV. Presto - Tempo di vals - Andante maestoso  10:31

The opening of this third movement haunted me all week - most beautiful piece of music I 'discovered' in months. Happily, the complete CD is on Spotify.