
Seiji Ozawa takes a broadly conventional view of Dvorák’s string serenade in E Op. 22. The Larghetto fourth movement is nicely inflected, and those yearning
Libor Pešek’s Dvorák cycle, recorded by Virgin between 1987 and 1996, has now been re-packaged into an eight-CD budget box. Most of the competitive sets,
Collectors who know Rudolf Kempe through his EMI Dresden Staatskapelle recordings will likely be disappointed by this BBC broadcast concert. This orchestra is simply not
Robert Shaw’s amazing choral prowess shows in the sumptuous sound of this Glagolitic Mass. As in many of his Atlanta performances, Shaw is more attuned
This is a set that even Celibidache fans may find hard to love. The playing of the Swedish Radio Symphony, with which the conductor gave
Dvorák’s Slavonic Dances exist in two versions: for orchestra, and for piano duet. The easy availability of recordings has rendered the piano scores obsolete, at
Like most of his early works, Dvorák’s Op. 1 String Quintet does not deserve its current obscurity. Certainly it lacks the melodic distinction of the
Dvorak’s apprentice symphonies have been so heavily eclipsed in popularity by his last three that they’re seldom encountered either on disc or in the concert
This recording of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto was recorded live at the Stockholm Konserthus in the November, 1967. Almost from the outset the mood is set
The Israel Philharmonic, circa 1958, seemed better equipped to handle Tchaikovsky’s luxuriously upholstered textures than Dvorák’s exposed and rhythmically challenging string writing. Even under Rafael