Late Romantic music from Belgium

[Roy Bland]

TNX Merry Holidays but if he is from holland i should move from here

[pjme]

Indeed, we have already a Dutch composers topic:

https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,2630.msg1577501.html#msg1577501

On the Internet archive i found this historical mono (ca 1955-1965) recording of Lieven Duvosel's "Leie cycle" - a combination of short symphonic poems and short cantatas. It is not clear to me if this a complete performance of all works written between 1902 and 1923....

https://archive.org/details/cd_duvosel-legley-compositions_lieven-duvosel-victor-legley/disc1/01.+Lieven+Duvosel+-+Leie+-+cycle+-+De+morgen+-+Morning%2C+symphonic+poem.flac

I definitely would like to hear more of his music which is highly late -romantic with an impressionistic touch.
Born in Ghent, he studied in Paris with Caussade, Widor, Fauré and Lenepveu.
Unfortunately his sympathy for Germany has tainted his reputation :

read more at https://www.svm.be/componisten/duvosel-lieven?language=en

Anyway, inspite of the aural limitations of that radio recording of the (river) Leie - cycle, Duvosel seems to have had a quite large, eloquent (symphonic) voice ....

The Leie inspired many artists:

https://www.euroart.eu/colonies/sint-martens-latem/

The Leie meanders through the flat countryside outside Ghent, passing through villages where once painters found plein air inspiration. locals called the Leie "the golden river" as it flows through the flax fieldds that made the province of West Flanders rich....