Dimitri Mitropoulos loved it. Koussevitzky premiered it. The critics compared it to contemporary works by Shostakovich. In its time, the Symphony No. 2 of David Diamond was one of the acknowledged masterpieces of American classical music. Then war ended and America was overrun by European serialists and worse yet, by an infestation of its own homegrown serialists, and Diamond's Symphony No. 2 ceased to be played and when Diamond was spoken of, it was as one of the so-called of American symphonists. But how does it sound now ...
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Dimitri Mitropoulos loved it. Koussevitzky premiered it. The critics compared it to contemporary works by Shostakovich. In its time, the Symphony No. 2 of David Diamond was one of the acknowledged masterpieces of American classical music. Then war ended and America was overrun by European serialists and worse yet, by an infestation of its own homegrown serialists, and Diamond's Symphony No. 2 ceased to be played and when Diamond was spoken of, it was as one of the so-called of American symphonists. But how does it sound now? In a word, it sounds great: Diamond was a terrific composer of strong-muscled and profoundly expressive symphonic music and his Symphony No. 2 is as great as the wartime symphonies of Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Vaughan Williams, or Martinu. The depth of the opening Adagio funebre, the force of the Allegro vivo, the intensity of the Andante espressivo, quasi adagio, and the overwhelming brilliance of the closing Allegro vigoroso are as compelling as the best American symphonic music...
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