Italian composer Alfonso Rega himself points out the nature of this music when he refers to it in the booklet sometimes as a symphony and sometimes as a symphonic poem. The seven movements are rarely programmatic in the sense of musically depicting events - even in the second movement, "Crash", but they're transparently clear in their depiction of emotions - primary colors of sorrow, love, anguish, and resignation. The music is also very simple -- much of the 54-minute work feels like an Ennio Morricone score, mixed with a little Puccini and a little church hymnody. I know there are some collectors who love finding a new symphonist, but given the ratio of ideas-to-minutes, I don't think he's going on my seek-out-more list. Heinrich Unterhofer conducts a 30 person orchestra and 16-voice chorus on this privately-issued CD.

Disc, booklet, and case are in excellent condition.

Shipping rates:
US customers: Options are USPS Media Mail at $3.50 for the first CD, $1 for each additional disc paid for at the same time; or USPS Ground Advantage at $4 for the first CD, $1.25 for each additional disc paid for at the same time. 

The USPS no longer offers cheap international shipping of thin envelopes with merchandise, BUT if you order many discs together the new rate is about the same as it was before. Therefore...

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About Jimmosk's CDs
I sell high-quality, little-known works, mostly 19th- and 20th-century. Many of the CDs are used, some are still-sealed, and most are the only one of that disc I have to offer. I sell a low volume of CDs, but that way I can listen to each (except the sealed ones :-) and describe the music to give you a better idea of what you're in for before you plunge into the unknown!
   -Jim Moskowitz