
Szell’s miraculously detailed and immaculately phrased recording of the complete Slavonic Dances has seldom been out of the catalog, though its sonics have never matched
The Meadowmount Trio offers warm and ingratiating renderings of two Dvorák trios, playing with exquisite beauty of tone and sparkling rhythmic energy. This last element
Herbert von Karajan’s previous Vienna Philharmonic Dvorák Eighth (recorded for Decca in 1961) was notable for the conductor’s uniquely emphatic gesturing (particularly in the slow
Colin Davis remains an enigma. Recently I have seen him conduct some of the most exciting and enjoyable concerts imaginable, and yet the majority of
Now here’s a surround-sound SACD that actually lives up to its potential. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that it originally was
There’s no such thing as a “definitive” recording, but if there were, this one would come close to that imagined ideal. Its special qualities haven’t
The seven discs comprising this budget boxed set constitute the complete DG, Decca, and Westminster recordings by the Janácek Quartet, all dating from the 1950s
This new BIS release has virtually everything you want in a recording of Dvorák’s Cello Concerto: bold, impassioned, and technically assured playing (by Torleif Thedéen),
Charles Mackerras recorded all of this music in London for EMI’s “Eminence” series, but those discs may be very difficult to find, and in any
These are the same performances originally issued as Denon digitals, though the sonic differences between that edition and these analog tapes are negligible. Perhaps the