The has been very late to the new economy of house-label recordings, having established its own label only in 2020. But the label's managers are making up for lost time, picking strong performances from the orchestra and its conductor, . 's tenure in the Forest City has not been an entirely smooth one, but he has ridden out the storms and developed a fine rapport with his winds and brasses. That rapport is on full display in this live concert, recorded in 2021. took the unusual but rather inspired decision to put together three early tone poems. Really they are the first three, setting aside the symphony-like and the metaphysical . In the three works heard here, the massive orchestra of the mature takes shape and flowers fully in 's brisk tempos serve that work very well in a performance that captures ' full measure of wit. If one might wish for a bit more languor in the Don's romantic episodes in , the whole performance has a lively sense of narrative that's especially vivid in the comparatively rare (the earliest of the three works, although its opus number is higher than that of ). The program is engaging for anybody, gives a fresh look at the young , and speaks well of the orchestra's continuing development. ~ James Manheim