La Stagione Frankfurt * Complete Symphonies Op. 3 & 4 [New CD] 3/17/15 The one-act opera Le villi

The one-act opera Le villi was composed for a competition launched by the publisher Sonzogno (Puccini didn't win)

it summons wandering souls

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An Uneasy Alliance

La Stagione Frankfurt * Complete Symphonies Op. 3 & 4 [New CD] 3/17/15 The one-act opera Le villiThe symphonic oeuvre of the still little known composer Franz Ignaz Beck, the "Berlioz of the 18th century", is so crazily unconventional and bold that even today one can only marvel at the "modernity" of the contemporary Parisian audience, which was virtually at his feet. Beck turned out to be a progressive and individual "striker and pusher" in the truest sense of the word, opening up the expressive possibilities of his time far into the future.