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Symphonies—No. I in G minor, FS16 (from CD454, 8/90); No. 2, "The Four Temperaments", FS29 (CD247, 5/84); No. 3, "Sinfonia espansiva" FS60 (CD321, 8/86)a; No. 4, "The inextinguishable", FS76 (CD600); No. 5, FS97 (CD370, 12/87); No. 6 "Sinfonia sempuce", FS1 16 (CD600)e. Concertos—Flute and...

Reviewing an earlier issue in the CPO Pfitzner series (5/91)! noted "the problematic nature" of his orchestral music. This new disc doesn't remove the problem, but it does help to explain why listeners— and performers—persist with music that is so much less forthcoming in its aims than that...

Comparative versions—coupled as above: Béroff, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Masur (7/89) CMS7 62542-2 Ashkenazy, LSO, Previn (3/90) 425 570-2DM2

Though not as oppressively lumbering a conception as his 1980 Israel P0 account (CBS, 12180n1a), Bernstein's NYPO Prokofiev Fifth remains a problem child. Quite apart from some dubiously extreme tempos and the occasional irksome, overexpressive Lunge, it's a performance too seriously compromised...