“… The expressive, often very agitated music is played excitingly by the orchestra. The Fanfare for the Heroes of the Korean War is a somberly heroic piece, while the short Symphonies of Strings, subtitled Song of Freedom, is based on an ancient Hasidic song in which the low strings set the tone. Symphonies of Strings No. 1 is a very rhythmic, urgent, and nervous work that ends a CD on which conciliatory sounds are rare.” ****