Dvorak: Slavonic Dances / Szell, Cleveland Orchestra
Dvorak / Szell,George
Release Date: 09/20/2011
Label:
Sony
Catalog #: 88697857482
Spars Code: DDD
Composer:
Antonín Dvorák
Conductor:
George Szell
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cleveland Orchestra
Number of Discs: 1
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After a slew of second-rate Slavonic Dances recordings, it's gratifying to once again make acquaintance with this classic Szell reading. Yes, the sound's a bit harsh and shallow, but boy, you just don't find performances as exciting and well played as these every day. Szell conducts enthusiastically and enlivens the music with a natural poetic inflection and nuance, while the Cleveland Orchestra takes to these pieces as if bred to play them. Listen to the delightfully bright woodwind tone in Op. 46 Nos. 1, 3, and 4, the sweetly singing strings in Op. 72 No. 1, the dancing lilt of Op. 46 No. 6, or the beautifully sculpted phrasing of Op. 72 No. 8. Plus, Szell is the only conductor on disc to play the opening repeat of Op. 72 No. 7 after the
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introductory bars (which otherwise is an awkward "restart" that, in the score or no, makes little musical sense). No matter which Slavonic Dances recording you own (even great ones like Kubelik, and Neumann) you simply must not do without this magnificent Essential Classics release.
– Victor Carr Jr., ClassicsToday.com, reviewing Sony 89845
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LOVE THIS RECORDING!!! January 31, 2014
By Zita Carno (Tampa, FL) See All My Reviews
"I found this recording some time ago in, of all places, the record section of a Barnes and Noble store while they still had such sections, and I've been wearing it out. There have been so many recordings of these lovely and exciting pieces, but none to compare with this one. Szell has, as usual, outdone himself---my favorite is the one in F major, Op. 72 No 3, the only one which has the correct tempos!I think I will have to purchase a backup recording of this."
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