Search - Buttner, Frank, Pfluger :: Heroic Overture / Symphony 4 in B Minor

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Kenneth Gilman | Miami Fla | 07/28/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Paul Buttner (who opposed & was descriminated against by the Nazis) was a pupil of Felix Draeseke. If that doesn't mean anything to you then you also have the pleasure of discovering the music of Draeseke. If you know Draeseke's music you will want to own this wonderful symphony. Very much full blooded romantic music, but speaking with an individual voice (much like Draeseke). Listening to this music is like listening to a passionate speech in a foreign language. You can appreciate that much is being said, even if you don't understand the words. This music is so good in fact that it's hard to understanbd why nothing else of his has been recorded. The CPO label has recorded a lot of music of Buttner's contemporaries (some of whom were either pro Nazi or at least went along with them) but has so far neglected this strongly anti Nazi composer."