Listening to:

• Symphony No. 1, Versuch eines Requiem for alto and orchestra (1950) – revised version of Symphonisches Fragment (on texts by Walt Whitman)
• Symphony No.2 (1946) – revised version of Adagio
• Symphony No.3 (1948-9) – adapted from portions of Symphony Klagegesang and Sinfonia Tragica
• Symphony No.4 for string orchestra (1947-8) – adapted from Symphonic Concerto for strings
• Symphony No.5, Symphonie concertante (1950) – adapted from Concerto for wind and double basses
• Symphony No.6 (1951-3) – adapted from Symphony L’Oeuvre

Played by Bamberger Symphoniker conducted by Ingo Metzmacher