Albert Roussel - Symphony No. 3, Op. 42 (1930)

Albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel (5 April 1869 – 23 August 1937) was a French composer. He spent seven years as a midshipman, turned to music as an adult, and became one of the most prominent French composers of the interwar period. His early works were strongly influenced by the impressionism of Debussy and Ravel, while he later turned toward neoclassicism. Please support my channel: Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 42 (1929-1930) Dedication: Boston Symphony Orchestra: Serge Koussevitzky (1874-1951) I. Allegro vivo II. Adagio (5:29) III. Vivace (15:00) IV. Allegro con spirito (18:08) Orchestre National de France conducted by Charles Dutoit Description by Adrian Corleonis [-] At every stage of his career, Roussel’s best work is masterly finished, engaging, surefire. But for the connoisseur, tracing his stylistic evolution possesses a fascination of its own. If the opera-ballet Padmåvatî (1914-1918) crowns h
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