Dsp Rheinland-Pfalz/Buhl - Walter Braunfels: Fantastical Apparitions of a Theme by Hector Berlioz, Op. 25, Sinfonia Brevis, Op. 69

Walter Braunfels� music died twice: first, when the Nazis declared his music �degenerate art�; and again when post-war Germany largely rejected tonal music, with arbiters of taste declaring any form of romantic music (almost the whole pre-war aesthetic) to be tainted. This seventh volume in Capriccio�s Braunfels Edition again demonstrates the considerable range of Braunfels� colourful music. The focus here is on his great, early orchestral work Fantastical Apparitions of a Theme by Hector Berlioz, Op. 25 (1914�1917). The first complete recording of this amazing composition is coupled with his last orchestral work, the Sinfonia brevis, Op. 69 (1948).