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Jules Levy (1930-2006): Symphony No. 1 "Life and Death" (1958)
Vasil Stefanov conducting the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra

With the brevity of a late Havergal Brian symphony, this little tour-de-force packs an exciting whallop belying this Bulgarian composer's radio broadcasting career experience. Very cinematic in places, it actually is described as containing three short movements. The original recording lists these movements as: Allegro molto energico; Adagio molto cantabile; Allegro agitato. The work lasts a total of 9:28 minutes. One hears influences of jazz, classical and film music, rich with dense, often lush, orchestration. It is a memorable compact piece that really requires several hearings to grasp it all.

---from the David DeBoor Canfield collection