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Ben-Haim - Symphony No.1, Fanfare To Israel, Symphonic Metamorphoses | CPO 7774172

Ben-Haim - Symphony No.1, Fanfare To Israel, Symphonic Metamorphoses

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Label: CPO

Cat No: 7774172

Barcode: 0761203741724

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 31st October 2011

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About

Paul Ben-Haim was a Jewish composer who left Germany for Palestine, then a British mandate, not long after the Nazis came to power. Under his Hebrew name, Ben-Haim soon became one of the pioneers of classical music in Israel. His compositions are in a late Romantic vein with Middle Eastern overtones.

His rousing First Symphony was written for the Palestine Orchestra (today’s Israel Philharmonic) during 1939-40. He was determined to compose a dramatic symphony in the midst of the depressing war and the rise of Hitler, and this work expresses the tragic and intense period of history in which it was composed. A highly significant discovery!

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