TANSMAN: SYMPHONIES NOS 7, 8 & 9
These three works form Volume 2 of the series of Symphonies recorded by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Oleg Caetani. Tansman was Polish by birth but spent much of his creative life in Paris. Whilst most of his French colleagues had abandoned the 'symphony' as a form of composition, Tansman embraced it and used it for the better part of his creative life. Sadly he never heard his Symphony No. 9, completed in 1958, performed during his lifetime and since his death his music had been largely neglected. International Record Review commented after the release of Volume 1, 'I really do believe that Alexandre Tansman's time has come there's no need to hesitate over Oleg Caetani's performances'.