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Sir Walford Davies was born at Oswestry in 1869. He composed two symphonies.Symphony in D (1894):No recording is available at present.Symphony in G, opus 32 (1911):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/vPxDlapvsxw

Zdeněk Fibich was born at Všebořice, Bohemia, in 1850. 0f the symphonies he composed three numbered ones have survived.Symphony no. 1, in F major, opus 17 (1883):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/g_XT8btNiMISymphony no. 2, in E flat major, opus 38 (1893):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/T_YaabT0MUoSymphony no. 3, in E minor, opus 53 (1898):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/eRHSXMaAaRU------V podvečer [At Twilight], symphonic poem opus 39 (1893):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/U5Wo4ZV6t6o

Ernst Krenek was born in Vienna in 1900. Before emigrating he composed three numbered symphonies. Symphony no. 1, opus 7 (1921):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/kJjuwiDE938Symphony no. 2, opus 12 (1922):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/El5IHcBXeUwSymphony no.3, opus 16 (1922):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/UJR--obdijoPiano Concerto no. 1 opus 18 (1923):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/X02JsRIr0vAKleine Sinfonie, opus 58 (1928) - no recording is available at present.

Pierre-Octave Ferroud was born at Chasselay, near Lyons, in 1900. He produced just one symphony.From 1920 to 1922 he studied with Guy Ropartz in Strasbourg; after returning to Lyons he became a pupil and confidant of Florent Schmitt. His musical style was sometimes astringent, sometimes lyrical, but usually with a strong contrapuntal sense and a liking for bold harmonies.Symphony in A major (1930):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/kSg3ptT4fG4

Sir Lennox Berkeley was born at Boars Hill, Oxford, in 1903. He composed four symphonies.Symphony no. 1, opus 16 (1940). There are four parts:Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/1qFqdfmf7BUhttps://youtu.be/bKY6tghdjdQhttps://youtu.be/l7SspaWvjZEhttps://youtu.be/X8lvp_pcQpwSymphony no. 2, opus 51 (1958):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/0yPTYRkM96USymphony no. 3, opus 74 (1969):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/nYJmPPI1XcoSymphony no. 4, opus 94 (1978):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/onNOSt7OhO4

Erik Chisholm was born at Glasgow in 1904. He composed two symphonies.Symphony no. 1 "Tragic" (1938). No recording is known.Symphony no. 2 "Ossian" (1939):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/fV86lJzs5_s

Dmitry Kabalevsky was born in Saint Petersburg in 1904. He composed four symphonies.Symphony no. 1, in C sharp minor, opus 18 (1932):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/0npyJPvGfY4Symphony no. 2, in C minor, opus 19 (1934):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/k4Otw1Z5ESoSymphony no. 3, in B flat minor, opus 22, with chorus (1933):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/yWMq1ubLe7oSymphony no. 4, in C minor, opus 54 (1956):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/xRfyMshiGD4

Richard Wetz was born at Gleiwitz, upper Silesia [now Gliwice, Poland], in 1875. He composed three symphonies.Symphony no. 1, in C minor, opus 40 (1917). No recording is available at present.Symphony no. 2, in A major, opus 47 (1921):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/ZmHFcySu82sSymphony no. 3, in B flat major, opus 48 (1928):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/buSMfk6YbnA

Hakon Børresen was born at Copenhagen in 1876. He composed three symphonies.Symphony no. 1, in C minor, opus 3 (1900):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/piLnKOwRVPUSymphony no. 2 "Havet" [The Ocean], in A major, opus 7 (1904):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/SjZcfijEC5cSymphony no. 3, in C major, opus 21 (1926):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/EyxUUQO-EA0

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari was born at Venice in 1876. He produced two symphonic works.Sinfonia da camera, in B flat major, opus 8 (1901):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/3BRCbor9BWoSymphonia brevis, in E flat major, opus 28 (1947):Code: [Select]https://youtu.be/yEPB2QDWj58