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Thanks Alan,
   I had eye surgery in early June, so checking and editing have been problematic.

Gareth,
  Thanks for pointing out Major. I didn't know about him when I compiled that list a couple of years ago. I'll definitely pop him in at the next revision. Thanks also to Alan for giving that list a most visible airing. I'm always eager to learn about other relevant symphonists I overlooked.

Mike

A communication with CPO indicates that they plan a complete cycle of his symphonies. To me, and I'm sure to others, that is important news.

Thanks Alan abd Eric. Now, if only CPO would give catalogue numbers on their webpage....!

Source of this information, olease?

His Carpathian Piano Concerto (1935-8) appeared on ELECTRECORD ECE 493 (LP) in 1966 coupled  with Filip Lazar's Chamber Concerto No. 4. I haven't heard it in many years but I remember the Golestan as an attractive nationalistic work.

Bloch also wrote a "Symphonie Orientale" in 1896.. Wouldn't it be nice to hear this as well one day.

I would greatly appreciate further details about that Melodiya set of the Zolatarov Symphonies such as the catalogue numbers. I can find nothing about this online and they definitely belong in my Russian Soviet Symphonies Discography.

Mykulh

Where are the orchestral works of Akimenko and Zolatarov orchestral works  that you mention to be found? I'm very curious.

Mykulh

Thanks Eric,
   Excellent sleuthing. Combining this with what I've found elsewhere, Samuel's symphonic cycle looks something like this:

Symphony No. 1 in A major, Op. 8 (1846)
Symphony No. 2 in A minor, Op. 9 (1847)
Symphony No. 3 in E minor, Op, 28 (1858)
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 33 (1863)
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 35 (1869)
Symphony No. 6 in D minor, Op. 44 "Genesis" (1891)
Symphony No. 7, Op. 48 "'Symphonie Mystique - Christus" (1894)

If anyone has corrections or additions, I'd love to hear about them.

Michael

Thanks, Mark. Very helpful source. There seems to be nothing more comprehensive online.

Mark, what is or are your source(s) of information about Samuel's Symphonies? As I am adding him to my Discography of Benelux and Swiss Symphonies, I need further details about his symphonic output. Thanks in advance.

Michael

This work was once available on a 2 LP set of Bella's music on Opus 9110 1201- 2., issued in the early 1980s.

Don't you think this Servais discussion deserves it's own thread, as it has been determined that it has little to do with this discography?

Just noticed. Servais was Belgian, not French. Now I realize why I missed him.