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2+Picc.2+EH.2+BCl.2+Cbsn: 4.4.3.1: Timp.Perc(2)Organ.Harp.Clst: Str
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The greatest of his orchestral works, the Romantic Symphony, was heard in its entirety only once (before his death), in far off America. Because of the tumultuous times created by the First World War, he could not travel to the premiere, and thus never heard the symphony in its entirety. In Rome, the renowned Tulio Serafin performed only two of its movements--Andante and Scherzo--at one of his concerts. The symphony was highly acclaimed on both sides of the ocean, and the great conductors Arturo Toscanini and Arthur Nikisch were ardent admires of Graofalo's work.
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-Moscow Radio Symphony. Bolshoi Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. Joel Spiegelman. 06Jun94. -Vienna. Carlo Zecchi. 1942, 1948. -Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Max Zach. 12, 13Feb1915. American Premiere.
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Recorded by New Moscow Symphony Orchestra,Joel Spiegelman, GAROFALO: Romantic Symphony, Violin Concerto, Marco Polo CD 8.225183.
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"We were so happy to perfrom the Romantic Symphony...for the European Premiere. It is brilliant music...We especially liked the enthralling rhythms of the third movement (the Scherzo). We were very happy that our orchestra premiered this symphony in Russia." --Olga Dulova and Igor Smolin, Assistant concertmaster of the Moscow Radio Orchestra and Concertmaster of the Bolshoi Opera Theatre<BR><BR> "a wonderfully expressive, engaging, and often astonishingly original work. I can certainly understand that it is something that audiences would respond to warmly." <BR>--Michael Steinberg<BR><BR> "...The composer's melodic gift is without doubt, as is the dramatic mastery that allows him to create a well rounded form, both dramatically gripping, and uplifting by its unabased romanticism...In a word, this is a genuine and great post-romantic symphony, absolutely deserving of taking its place in our concert halls..." <BR>--Lev Ginsburg, Musical Life<BR><BR> "The Romantic Symphony is big. It is great music. It is...poetic and inspiring..." <BR>--Richard Spamer, St. Louis Globe Democrat<BR><BR> "an extraordinarily ambitious piece of music." <BR>--Louis Dodge, St. Louis Republic
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