
Karel Ancerl recorded Brahms’ first two symphonies (and various other orchestral works) for Supraphon, and both performances are excellent. This version of the First offers
Clear but over-reverberant, boxy recorded sound (that remastering hasn’t improved a bit) does nothing to diminish the musical virtues of these stellar performances. In fact,
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
This installment of Supraphon’s Gold Edition tribute to Karel Ancerl pertains more to the talents of violinist Joseph Suk, with the possible subsidiary elucidation of
The volume devoted to Czech conductor Karel Ancerl is one of the best of EMI’s variable Great Conductors series. With the exception of Shostakovich’s Festive