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Building a Library – Dvořák

Recommended recordings

Symphony No. 8

Reviewer: Rob Cowan
Broadcast: 29th October 2011

Recommended

  • DVORAK Symphony No. 8
    London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
    LSO LIVE LSO0002 (CD, budget)

 

String Quartet no 13 in G op. 106

Reviewer: Jan Smaczny
Broadcast: 30th April 2011

First Choice:
  • Dvořák: Quartet in G, Op.106 (c/w Quartet in F, Op.96 'American')
  • Pavel Haas Quartet Supraphon
  • SU4038 (CD)

Slavonic Dances

Reviewer: Rob Cowan
Broadcast: 9th October 2010

First Choice:
  • Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Rafael Kubelik (conductor)
  • DG Originals 4577122 (CD)

Alternative release:
  • Slavonic Dances Nos. 1-8, Op. 46 Nos. 1-8; My Home Overture, Op. 62; Hussite Overture, Op. 67; In Nature's Realm Overture, Op. 91; Carnival Overture, Op. 92; Othello Overture, Op. 93; The Water Goblin, Op. 107 (B195); The Noon Witch, Op. 108 (B196); The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109; The Wild Dove, Op. 110 (B198); Symphonic Variations, Op. 78;
  • Slavonic Dances Nos. 9-16, Op. 72 Nos. 1-8 (Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Rafael Kubelik (conductor)
  • DG Trio E4693662 (3 CDs)

Symphony No. 9 in E minor From The New World, Op. 95

Reviewer: Rob Cowan
Broadcast: 2nd May 2009

First Choice Recommendation:
  • (c/w Dvořák: In Nature's Realm. Overture from the Cycle of Concert Overtures, Op. 91; Othello. Overture from the Cycle of Concert Overtures, Op. 93)
  • Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Karel Ancerl (conductor)
  • Supraphon SU 3662-2 011 (CD, Mid Price)

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