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Here is a review from Audiophile Audition by Gary Lemco on SCHWARZ-SCHILLING, R.: Sinfonia diatonica / Symphony in C major / Introduction and Fugue (Naxos: 8.570435)

… the work takes in a range of emotional energies, and it sounds somewhat American in flavor and timbre, especially in its use of counterpoint, a David Diamond specialty. Agitated strings play against brass punctuations of “fateful” motivic allusions… 

… The skittish Presto maintains a sarcastic tone, along with a compositional prowess that suggests toccata for orchestra…

… The Largo provides a D Major song, a paean that will likely provide a movie soundtrack eventually; maybe it is the love-music if someone remakes On the Waterfront…

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