
No one knew when Robert Shaw made this recording in November, 1999, that it would not only be a crowning personal achievement for the conductor
There was a time when these works were so rare on disc that these performances constituted the reference editions by default. No longer. The Water
The performances here are clean and precise, but not particularly special. Jakub Hrusa conducts the Czech Suite very cautiously, particularly the final Furiant, which could
Orfeo’s ongoing series of major Dvorák operas and choral works constitutes a genuinely important contribution to the history of recordings, and I hope that it
This is a terrific disc, and as with this team’s previous coupling of Sibelius and Tubin, the repertoire selection increases its value considerably. Paavo Järvi’s
Supraphon’s repackaging of the Panocha Quartet’s complete Dvorák cycle means you can now get the finest recorded set in one box. The cycle was produced
You want to like these performances. They are earnest, competent, and never violate or mangle the music–but they are also dull, rhythmically stiff, and lacking
These performances have been kicking around for a while on various labels, most recently Brilliant Classics, but this coupling is very logical, and if you
Joseph Swensen is an extremely intelligent performer, and he’s made some outstanding recordings for LINN both as violinist and conductor, most notably his Brahms and
EMI recorded quite a few discs with Mariss Jansons and the Oslo Philharmonic. Among other things there was this partial Dvorák cycle, and also a