Alexander Moyzes (1906-1984)

Started by Maestro267, February 11, 2024, 10:19:04 AM

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Another composer missing from the forum so far is the Slovakian composer Alexander Moyzes. Most well-known for 12 symphonies, all recorded for Marco Polo and subsequently reissued on Naxos a few years back.

Roy Bland

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Great Works!



vandermolen

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The 7th Symphony, in memory of his daughter, is very moving and my favourite of his works. The slow movement is especially impressive. As with Suk's 'Asrael Symphony' it conveys a sense of struggling to accept an implacable fate.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).