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« on: September 30, 2012, 12:58:56 pm » |
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A few days after having uploaded the Third Symphony, I found a copy of Abu-Bakr Khairat's Symphony No. 2 for sale. It was cheap (just €4), so I decided to give it a try. I have now digitalized and uploaded it. I think I prefer it to No. 3, since even if it's very conservative as well, Khairat is more interested in incorporating folk music here, which gives it a special note that goes beyond the Sturm und Drang plus Beethoven allusions. I also included a scan of the liner notes, which give some information about the composer's intentions.
Thanks also for the Suite. It was composed in 1958, since both LPs provide some information about the composer, ending with the sentence "His latest work (December, 1958) is his "Suite Folklorique pour Orchestre"." As this is his Opus 24 and the Third Symphony, his Opus 23, is from 1957/58, this perfectly makes sense. Also, Gika Zdravkovitch is the same person as Živojin Zdravković (for some reason, two versions of his first name are used), so all three recordings of orchestral works by Abu-Bakr Khairat we now have are played by the same performers.
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