István Kertész Dvorák Symphonies,tone Poems, Requiem

"Among the finest discographic achievements of the tragically short-lived Hungarian conductor István Kertész was his landmark stereo cycle of the Dvořák symphonies with the London Symphony. For anyone who loves this composer’s music, the Kertész compilation is self-recommending; it is still the best traversal of the symphonies, with not a single performance or recording that is less than outstanding."

There have been many recordings of the Brahms' symphonies but few have the passion, vitality and drive of István Kertész’s Vienna Philharmonic cycle. This collection brings together all of Kertész’s Brahms recordings for Decca. His Wiener Philharmoniker Brahms cycle began in May 1964 with a recording of the Second Symphony and continued in 1972-73 with the remaining symphonies and the Variations on a theme of Haydn. Recording of the Variations commenced on March 1, 1973 and upon Kertész’s passing (April 16, 1973), the orchestra completed the recording on May 14, 1973, conductor-less, in his memory.

Japanese double-disc compilation of Istvan Kertesz's 60s recordings for Eurodisk label. Features Joseph Haydn's and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphonies performed with Bamberg Symphony Orchestra & Mozart's "Coronation Mass" performed with Vienna Symphony Orchestra. Remastered in 2016 at High Definition 96kHz/24bit from the original analog master of home country.

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra collaboration with William Steinberg exemplifies what Milstein could do with material often considered less than first rate. Milstein plays the concerto beautifully, with his typically aristocratic poise and a lightness of rhythm and purity of intonation that makes the music seem to float across the bar lines. The István Kertész inscription of Dvořák’s “My Home” fills out his survey of the complete symphony cycle for Decca.

The Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat major, Op. 87 (B. 162), is a piano quartet by Antonín Dvořák. It was composed in summer 1889 at his country residence in Vysoká.

These orchestral ballads, directly programmatic and inspired by verbal rather than purely musical stimuli, represent something of a change of direction for Dvořák, away from the Viennese classicism of his idol Brahms and his circle towards a freer, more operatically influenced orchestral style closer to that of Liszt and Smetana.

Zdeněk Chalabala (18 April 1899 – 4 March 1962) was a Czech conductor. He conducted orchestras in Prague, Ostrava, Moscow.