
There’s only one small disappointment on this otherwise very entertaining disc–Enescu’s Romanian Rhapsody No. 1, which is insufficiently contrasted between fast sections and slow, lacking
This is the best available modern recording of Dvorák’s three gorgeous Slavonic Rhapsodies, music that’s totally neglected in the concert hall and nearly so on
Peter Bruns is an excellent cellist, and the backing of the Staatskapelle Dresden–for my money Germany’s finest orchestra, the one with timbral qualities so very
I believe that this was the first Rusalka ever recorded, in 1952. The spirit of the piece is brilliantly set forth, with conductor Jaroslav Krombholc
This is a “desert island” set if ever there were one. Kubelik’s Slavonic Dances always have rated among the best, and still dazzle by virtue
In his equally laudatory review of this fantastic new release, my colleague Christophe Huss salutes Supraphon for managing to remain true to its dedication to
Dvorák wrote nearly 100 songs, and you would think that singers would show some interest in classical music’s greatest tunesmith after Schubert. Unfortunately several factors
Picking up where Boris Godunov leaves off, this opera’s center is the false Dimitri who, certain of his legitimacy, enters Moscow with his Polish army
This generously-filled disc presents more than 78 minutes of Dvorák orchestral miniatures, of which only Silent Woods is likely to be immediately recognized by most
The Czech Suite on offer here is an arrangement for chamber orchestra by Ulf-Guido Schäfer. In its current form the music loses much of the