The more I hear of Louise Farrenc’s music the more I like it. Paris-born Farrenc (1804-75) composed three Symphonies, the two here are both in four movements. Farrenc wasn’t a musical advancer, a boundary-breaker, and one can hear traces of Mendelssohn, Schubert and Schumann; the latter was an admirer of Farrenc’s music, as was Berlioz, … Continue reading Laurence Equilbey & Insula orchestra record Louise Farrenc’s First & Third Symphonies for Erato.