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    Aug 10, 2021 3 minutes

    KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY/MICHAEL STERN

    One-Movement Symphonies

    Reference Recordings RR-149. David Frost, prod.; Keith O. Johnson, rec. eng.

    These three symphonies, all dating from the first half of the 20th century, comprise so apt a program that I’m surprised no one did it before. The striking contrasts among them—Barber’s First unusually angular (for him), Sibelius’s Seventh rugged and forward-looking, the (Scriabin’s Fourth) mystical and impulsive—serve to underline their common features. Who knew, for example, that Barber could sound

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