Casella: Italia; Symphony no.3; etc
BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda
Chandos CHAN 10768
This third disc in Noseda's Casella survey features one of the composer's key late works, the neoclassical third symphony. Commissioned for the fiftieth anniversary of the Chicago Symphony, this huge score was championed by conductors including Furtwangler - although it's unlikely to have received as fine a performance as on the present disc. The folksong-inspired Italiacalls to mind Ravel and Respighi, and makes a welcome coupling.
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