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Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9; Smetana: The Moldau (Import)

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Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9; Smetana: The Moldau (Import) Herbert von Karajan CD
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  • Artist: Herbert von Karajan
  • Year: 2003
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • UPC: 028947426622
  • Item Number: 231751X
  • Release date: 04/08/2003
  • 1. Symphony No. 8 in G major, B. 163 (Op.88) (first published as No. 4), 1. Allegro con brio
  • 2. Symphony No. 8 in G major, B. 163 (Op.88) (first published as No. 4), 2. Adagio
  • 3. Symphony No. 8 in G major, B. 163 (Op.88) (first published as No. 4), 3. Allegretto grazioso
  • 4. Symphony No. 8 in G major, B. 163 (Op.88) (first published as No. 4), 4. Allegro ma non tanto
  • 5. Symphony No. 9 in E minor ("From the New World"), B. 178 (Op. 95) (first published as No. 5), 1. Adagio - Allegro molto
  • 6. Symphony No. 9 in E minor ("From the New World"), B. 178 (Op. 95) (first published as No. 5), 2. Largo
  • 7. Symphony No. 9 in E minor ("From the New World"), B. 178 (Op. 95) (first published as No. 5), 3. Molto vivace
  • 8. Symphony No. 9 in E minor ("From the New World"), B. 178 (Op. 95) (first published as No. 5), 4. Allegro con fuoco
  • 1. Slavonic Dance No. 1 for orchestra in C major, B. 83/1 (Op. 46/1)
  • 2. Slavonic Dance No. 10 for piano, 4 hands in E minor, B. 145/2 (Op. 72/2)
  • 3. Slavonic Dance No. 3 for orchestra in A flat major, B. 83/3 (Op. 46/3)
  • 4. Slavonic Dance No. 16 for orchestra in A flat major, B. 147/8 (Op. 72/8)
  • 5. Slavonic Dance No. 7 for orchestra in C minor, B. 83/7 (Op. 46/7)
  • 6. Scherzo capriccioso for orchestra, B. 131 (Op. 66)
  • 7. Ma Vlast (My Fatherland), symphonic poems (6), JB 1:112, I. Vysehrad
  • 8. Ma Vlast (My Fatherland), symphonic poems (6), JB 1:112, II. Vltava (The Moldau)
  • 9. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Polka. Moderato - Polka. Moderato assai
  • 10. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Furiant. Allegro energico - Meno vivo - a tempo I - Piu mosso
  • 11. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Dance of the Comedians. Vivace
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Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9; Smetana: The Moldau (Import) by Herbert von Karajan on CD


For listeners who want just a few of the better-known Czech orchestral warhorses from the latter part of the nineteenth century performed with power and panache, here is a two-disc set from Herbert von Karajan with the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Philharmonic, in wonderfully remastered sound by Deutsche Grammophon. But while one cannot but praise the effortless smoothness of Karajan's conducting and the ravishing sumptuousness of the Berlin Philharmonic, one cannot in good conscience recommend this disc to anyone who truly loves Czech music of the latter part of the nineteenth century -- because, for all the polish and precision of most of these performances, they have next to nothing to do with Czech music. In these recordings, Dvorak's Slavonic Dances are exciting but faceless, and his Ninth is neither from the New World or the Old World, but from the cool depths of sonic space. The two excerpts from Smetana's Ma Vlast are brilliantly played wholly nondescript, and his three dances from The Bartered Bride are more irritating than exciting. And amazingly enough, the Vienna Philharmonic's performance of Dvorak's Eighth is so relaxed as to be sloppy, or as sloppy as the VPO is ever likely to get. A great set for anyone who has nothing by Dvorak and Smetana, but completely unnecessary for those who already know their music. ~ James Leonard, Rovi
  • Artist: Herbert von Karajan
  • Year: 2003
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • UPC: 028947426622
  • Item Number: 231751X
  • Release date: 04/08/2003
  • Label: Deutsche Grammophon
  • Genre: Classical, Classical
  • Style: Symphony, Orchestral, Romantic, Symphony, Orchestral, Romantic
  • Album Time: 157:08

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  • Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9; Smetana: The Moldau (Import) Herbert von Karajan CD
Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9; Smetana: The Moldau (Import) Herbert von Karajan CD