
Dvorák’s The Specter’s Bride is a much better work than its recorded legacy supports. This 1961 effort remains the best version available, both for the
Back in the swinging ’60s, EMI released what purported to be a previously unknown performance of Chopin’s E minor concerto, with soloist Dinu Lipatti. It
It’s surprising to see this 1987 digital recording appearing on an “Archiv” sub-label, but its return to the active catalog is no less welcome for
Wait a minute. Dvorák Cello Concertos 1 & 2? Isn’t there only one? Well, yes and no. It turns out that 30 years before the
Vladimir Válek has a good sense of rhythm that generally serves him well in this colorful music, and heaven knows the Czech Philharmonic can play
It’s great to see this, the best recording of Martinu’s two excellent cello concertos, back in print. Previously available only as a Denon/Supraphon co-production, it
Right from the opening of the Fifth Symphony, with the phrases of its motto theme bound together to create long coherent sentences rather than appearing
One of the great treasures of the recording era is this 1937 document of the Dvorák concerto, in which soloist, young conductor, and orchestra come
Dvorák’s Violin Concerto sits awkwardly with Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole on this Virgin “The Classics” reissue. In the former, violinist Christian Tetzlaff takes a powerfully robust
Askhenazy’s Dvorák Seventh is brisk and taut, in the manner of Colin Davis’ fine reading with the Concertgebouw. A generally exciting first movement winds up