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Dvorak: Slavonic Dances / Szell, Cleveland Orchestra

Szell / Cleveland Orch
Release Date: 09/20/2011 
Label:  Sony   Catalog #: 7857482   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 Read more 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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Works on This Recording

1. Slavonic Dances (8) for Orchestra, Op. 46/B 83 by Antonín Dvorák
Conductor:  George Szell
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cleveland Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1878; Bohemia 
 Length: 37 Minutes 56 Secs. 
2. Slavonic Dances (8) for Orchestra, Op. 72/B 147 by Antonín Dvorák
Conductor:  George Szell
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cleveland Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1886-1887; Bohemia 
 Length: 36 Minutes 0 Secs. 

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Average Customer Review:  ( 1 Customer Review )
 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." Report Abuse
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