Dvořák
Sparks from Ashes – Czech Song Cycles (Chandos)
A satisfying collection of songs from Czech and Slovak lands from a tenor in fine fettle [PH]
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
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]
Dvořák & Schumann: Symphonies (LPO)
Another anniversary release from the LPO hits the spot [PH]
Dvorak: Symphony Nos 7 & 8 (Mercury)
(Déjà Review) Highly sympathetic and rewarding performances of these superb works [PB]
Bernard Haitink (conductor): Portrait Volume II (BR Klassik)
A marvellous testament to Haitink’s longstanding work with one of his great orchestral partners [ST]
Dvořák & Price: Piano Quintets (Hyperion)
Winning performances [LW]
Dvořák: Piano Quintet
by Alan George
Dvořák: Symphony 7, Scherzo capriccioso (BR Klassik)
Two praiseworthy performances under Haitink [MC]
Dvořák: Rusalka (Arthaus Musik)
(Déjà Review) A very welcome DVD release of one of English National Opera’s finer achievements [JL]
Dvořák: Symphony 7 (BR Klassik)
Quite simply the finest Dvořák Seventh Symphony of the modern era [LD]
Charles Munch (conductor): Munch conducts Romantic Favorites (West Hill Radio Archives)
(Déjà Review) A splendid set [JQ]
Dvořák: Complete Works for Violin and Piano (Supraphon)
Vodička and Mareček bring this Dvořák collection to life [MC]
Dvořák: Symphony No 9 & Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra (Gramola)
Great performances re-released as a slightly odd coupling [MBu]
Beethoven: Symphony No 6 & Dvořák: Slavonic Dances (Janus Classics)
Wholly satisfying performances in beautifully remastered sound featuring a somewhat neglected conductor [RMo]
Christine Walevska (cello) The Beauty and the Bow (Rhine Classics)
The admirable cellist Christine Walevska traced over 50 years of performances and recordings [JW]
Journey to the Orient – Music for Flute and Guitar (Dynamic)
An enchanting musical journey towards the Orient involving familiar and brand new music [KT]
Václav Neumann (conductor): Lucerne Festival (Audite)
Convincing examples of Neumann and the Czech Philharmonic heard during Lucerne Festivals of the 1980s [JW]
Dvořák & Elgar: Cello Concertos (Capriccio)
All sounds well until invidious comparisons are made with some past masters and a lack of personality becomes apparent [RMo]
Dvořák: Symphonies 5 & 6 (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)
Fresh, vital, exuberant, strikingly energetic and authentic performances [RMo]
Glinka: Grand Sextet, Dvořák: Piano Quintet (Hänssler Classic)
This recording of chamber works by Glinka and Dvořák is in many ways ideal [MC]
Edith Peinemann (violin) Radio Archives Edition (Meloclassic)
A set to treasure [SG]
