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Yesterday, a series of the chamber works by the current spanish conductor Fernando V. Arias were posted on Youtube  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w0_RN7rE7Y&list=UU5drN-sNm1iyeb4yrXcZWpQ.  Boy, light romantic in spades and diamonds!

See what you think!

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Who would you consider composers since 1950 that "wore their heart on their sleeve"?  I'll suggest an odd one to begin with...Lokshin.

Many composers have been unashamed to be identified as Wagnerian, but I got to thinking about composers that "sound like" that other Master, for example Wetz and Cliffe.  Would folks think of Schmidt-Kowalski as "Brucknerian" (not so much for me)?

I've now heard both recorded versions of this opera now, one on Parseghian records that can be purchased at http://www.abrilbooks.com/music/5449.html,
http://www.stvartanbookstore.com/browseproducts/David-Beg---Opera--Dbl.-Cd.html, and https://www.armenianmusic.com/itemdetails.html?products_id=5939, likely from the late 70s, and a mono recording with no date on it (Westminster label) likely from the 50s, and it is a truly great work.  Unlike other critics who suggest there is nothing other than his first opera, Anoush, David Beg is actually a considerable advance, which really should surprise no one, having been written 25 years later.  It sounds like a cross between Khatchaturian and Kabalevsky, with rousing choruses, arias, duets, ballet, and interludes.

Has anyone heard any of the larger scale works of Halvorsen?  Amazon has 3 symphonies and lots of suites in several CDs, but not one review for any of them.