Estonian National Symphony Orchestra & Arvo Volmer - Tubin: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 3 (nos. 4 And 7) (CD)

Release Date: 01/01/01

Tubin's Fourth explores his own personal brand of lyricism to its utmost limits in music of extraordinary surface beauty

Tubin's Fourth explores his own personal brand of lyricism to its utmost limits in music of extraordinary surface beauty and spiritual depth. Arno Volmer and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra play it with genuine passion and impressive technical accomplishment. The strings, in particular, have the purity of tone and luminous quality that this music demands, and the entry of the harp in the slow movement adds a special touch of poetry and raptness of expression that's quite unforgettable. If you don't know this extraordinary work and you relish the Vaughan Williams, or say, Sibelius' Sixth, you really must give Tubin a listen. David Hurwitz