Harnoncourt Dvorak

Antonìn Dvořák - Slavonic dances - N. Harnoncourt, Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Romantic | APE + Cue | no log | 1 CD, covers, booklet | 317 MB RS
Teldec Classic 8573-81038-2 WE810 | 2002

Harnoncourt has already shown himself to be quite the Dvorak interpreter in other recordings, but this one may trump them all. With the Chamber Orchestra of Europe in blazing form, these performances show why these pieces are often used as encores.

Rafael Kubelik was one of our foremost interpreters of Dvorak and other great Czech composers such as Smetana and Janacek. His critically acclaimed 1960's Dvorak symphony Deutsche Grammophon cycle was reissued several years ago as a budget-priced collection.

A total of 63 tracks, over 11 hours of recording. Recordings with such renowned conductors as Brahms: No. 3 (Rattle), Schumann: No. 4 (Harnoncourt), Saint-Saëns: No. 3 (Mehta), Dvorak: From the New World (Kempe), Brahms: No. 2 (Keilbert), Schumann: No. 3 (Tenstedt), Mendelssohn: No. 2 (Sawallisch), Bruckner: No. 7 (Barenboim), etc. Recorded between 1951 and 2008.

A total of 63 tracks, over 11 hours of recording. Recordings with such renowned conductors as Brahms: No. 3 (Rattle), Schumann: No. 4 (Harnoncourt), Saint-Saëns: No. 3 (Mehta), Dvorak: From the New World (Kempe), Brahms: No. 2 (Keilbert), Schumann: No. 3 (Tenstedt), Mendelssohn: No. 2 (Sawallisch), Bruckner: No. 7 (Barenboim), etc. Recorded between 1951 and 2008.

Antonín Dvořák - Symphony No.9 Op.95 "From The New World"
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Mariss Jansons
SACD ISO: 2,55 GB (Stereo + MCH DSD) | FLAC @ 24bit/88.2kHz: 707 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Rec. Info
Label/Cat#: RCO Live # RCO 04002 | Country/Year: Netherlands 2004
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic

Superb orchestra playing, hear these woodwinds. Conductor and orchestra seems to be very happy with each other. There are a lot of "New World" recordings but Jansons is surely competitive with the great ones with Fischer, Kondrasjin, Harnoncourt en Kubelik. This CD is a jewel both in the freshness of the playing and in the clearness of the recording. …

Antonín Dvořák - Symphony No.9 Op.95 "From The New World"
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Mariss Jansons
SACD ISO (2.0/MCH): 2,36 GB | 24B/88,2kHz Stereo FLAC: 672 MB | Full Artwork
Label/Cat#: RCO Live # RCO 04002 | Country/Year: Netherlands 2004 | 5% Recovery Info
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic

"…There are a lot of "New World" recordings but Jansons is surely competitive with the great ones with Fischer, Kondrasjin, Harnoncourt en Kubelik. This CD is a jewel both in the freshness of the playing and in the clearness of the recording. My favorite!" ~sa-cd.net

Ferenc Fricsay died at only 48 years of age – suffering a death from illness that was as tragic as it was untimely. Even though Fircsay’s career as a recording artist barely lasted 12 years, almost every connoisseur of Classical music considers him a legend, the epitome of the enlightened master conductor, who was good at everything he touched, a role model for figures like Abbado or Harnoncourt. The sleek and slender aspects of Ferenc Fricsay’s conductorial style paved the way for many facets of what we consider informed conducting today, especially in Mozart, and he still (almost) equalled Furtwängler in transcendental romanticism – when it suited the music.