Dvořák

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Rudolf Kempe conducts Dvorak & Strauss (ICA Classics)

Some superb performances directed by a conductor of the highest calibre, performing live and at the peak of his abilities [RMay]

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Vaughan Williams, Debussy & Dvorak (Pristine Audio)

Godfrey, the precisian, refreshes in these spick and span transfers [RB]

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Dvořák: Cello Concerto (La Dolce Volta)

Good, sometimes exceptional; we can expect better in the future [SV]

Dvořák: Symphonies No.7-9; Janáček: Taras Bulba (Le Palais des Dégustateurs)

Performances that rarely justify their re-release or price point [NB]

Dvořák: Slavonic Dances (Chandos)

A rather charmless, heavy-handed take on Dvořák’s famous two sets of dances [RMo]

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Herbert von Karajan Live in Berlin, 1970–1979 (Berliner Philharmoniker)

An important survey of one of the great partnerships of the 20th century at its peak [DHa]

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Herbert von Karajan Live in Berlin, 1970–1979 (Berliner Philharmoniker)

A fascinating, marvellously presented anthology [JQ]

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Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor): The Complete Teldec Recordings (Warner Classics)

Consistently thought-provoking [DF]

Smetana, Dvořák & Suk: Bohemian Legacy (Challenge Classics)

A trio of Bohemian chamber works played with energy and passion [RMo]

Dvořák: Symphonies No.7-9; Janáček: Taras Bulba (Le Palais des Dégustateurs)

Performances from the 1980s full of febrile personality [JW]

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Dvořák: String Quartets Volume 5 (cpo)

Fine readings – almost, but not quite, the genuine article [SV]

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Sir Adrian Boult: Complete Warner Stereo Recordings (Warner Classics)

A cornucopia of patrician music-making that has rarely been rivalled [RMo]

Woodland Songs (Platoon)

An intriguing programme with a startling performance of the Dvořák [DJB]

Willem Mengelberg (conductor): The Concertgebouw Telefunken Recordings Vol.5 (Pristine Audio)

More excellence in this ongoing series, including a superb “New World” symphony [PSt]

Dvořák: Symphonies 2 & 8 (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)

This could well become a notable Dvořák cycle [JQ]

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Felix Mendelssohn & Dvořák: String Quartets (Genuin)

“Promising, but doesn’t quite meet expectations.” [SV]

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Dvořák: Piano Trios 3 & 4 (cpo)

Fine recordings of beloved chamber music [DHa]

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Dvořák: Slavonic Dances (Pentatone)

A disappointing, generalized survey of what should be infectious music-making [JW]

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Sparks from Ashes – Czech Song Cycles (Chandos)

A satisfying collection of songs from Czech and Slovak lands from a tenor in fine fettle [PH]

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Talich Quartet: Gypsy Melodies (La Dolce Volta)

Songs from the Czech Lands, and points further East, seconded to the string quartet genre [JW]

Dvořák: Drobnosti

by Alan George

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Dvořák: String & Piano Quintets (Supraphon)

Two very fine performances [MC]

Dvořák: Cello Concerto (ArtistLed)

(Déjà Review) Finckel gives one of the finest accounts of the Dvořák Cello Concerto ever recorded [MC]

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Dvořák & Schumann: Symphonies (LPO)

Another anniversary release from the LPO hits the spot [PH]