Composer Marcel Poot was played throughout the 20th century and sometimes beyond in the Benelux countries, and these seven symphonies date from between 1929 and 1982. His biography is novel; contrary to the usual pattern, his father wanted him to become a musician, but he resisted. He seems to have been drifting into obscurity, however, and this set from Naxos represents an effort to arrest the process. The recordings are not new. They were made between 1960 (a mono recording of the Symphony No. 2 by the Belgian National ...
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Composer Marcel Poot was played throughout the 20th century and sometimes beyond in the Benelux countries, and these seven symphonies date from between 1929 and 1982. His biography is novel; contrary to the usual pattern, his father wanted him to become a musician, but he resisted. He seems to have been drifting into obscurity, however, and this set from Naxos represents an effort to arrest the process. The recordings are not new. They were made between 1960 (a mono recording of the Symphony No. 2 by the Belgian National Radio Symphony Orchestra) and 1996, and Naxos has done a reasonable remastering job considering the wide range of source material; several were world recorded premieres at the time. A group with conductor Frédéric Devreese leading the Moscow Symphony in the mid-1990s caught that ensemble in fine form: listen to the delicious string work in the Andante funerale in the Symphony No. 3. The symphonies are a remarkable group, and Naxos is to be commended here. All are in three movements,...
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