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This is one of the great “New World” Symphony recordings, an account as fiery and passionate as we have any right to expect. Karel Ancerl
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s second two-disc tribute to Rafael Kubelik showcases its erstwhile music director in repertoire both familiar and rare to his posthumously expanding
It’s always a joy to hear these inspired Dvorák cycles in their original piano duet incarnation. The composer wrote more idiomatically for the piano than
What can you say about perfection, except, “Here it is; have a listen.” The conductorless Prague Chamber Orchestra plays the Serenade with an ideal combination
There’s some very pretty playing here. Previn’s treatment of the first movement’s famous second subject has great naturalness and flow, and the Largo really sounds
For decades now the Dvorák symphony cycle sweepstakes has been dominated by three classic contenders: Kubelik (DG), Kertesz (Decca–and to my mind not quite as
Rudolf Firkusny made a specialty of Dvorák’s sole piano concerto and recorded it on four occasions, supplemented by at least two live broadcast performances still
What’s not to like? Assuming that you don’t have Marriner conducting these works in any of his zillion different recordings of them (not counting reissues)
As wonderful as the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra has always played, the catalogue may be getting saturated with its various renditions of these warhorses. For the
The history of Yehudi Menuhin’s recording of the Schumann Violin Concerto is probably as captivating as the actual performance he committed to disc in February
