These are classic recordings of the Czech postwar period, made in 1951 (the Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88) and 1954 (the Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World," Op. 95), and beautifully remastered by the Czech Republic's Supraphon label with the sort of care that is expended when people feel like they're dealing with part of the ...
There's no question that anyone who loves Dvorák has to hear Václav Talich's classic recordings of his late symphonic poems. Played by his Czech Philharmonic, Talich's Dvorák is as definitive as possible in this world. His colors are warm, rich, and brilliant. His rhythms are natural, flexible, and irresistible. His sense of musical narrative is ...
From the available recorded evidence, it would seem that Czech conductor Václav Talich's favorite non-Czech composer was Mozart. This 15th volume in Supraphon's 17-volume Václav Talich edition is entirely devoted to Mozart: his Violin Concerto No. 4 and his Clarinet Concerto, plus four of the seven movements from his Gran Partita Serenade. In ...
With several hundred recordings of Wagner's "Prelude" and "Liebestod" from Tristan und Isolde and of Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony in the catalog, what possible reasons could there be for re-releasing Czech conductor Václav Talich's 1953 recordings of the works? The first and foremost reason is that they are so unbelievably great. In every note of ...
This disc is not for everyone: the early-'50s monaural sound, the too-lush-by-half portementi of the Czech strings, and Václav Talich's oddly emotional conducting may seem somehow out of place in a program of serenades. But since there are plenty of clear-eyed, strong-armed, and much more recent recordings in the catalog, listeners who value these ...
How appropriate that only months after his unfortunate passing, many albums commemorating the exceptional career and artistry of cellist Mstislav Rostropovich are filling the shelves. The centerpiece of this particular CD is Dvorák's Cello Concerto, arguably the most famous concerto in the instrument's repertoire. This is a work Rostropovich ...
Václav Talich and the Czech Philharmonic's 1954 recording of Smetana's Má Vlast may not be the greatest performance of the work ever recorded -- that honor should perhaps go to Talich and the Czech's 1929 or 1941 recording -- but it is probably the last great recording of the work. Why? It's not just because of Talich's magisterial conducting, ...
While listening to this coupling of his Sixth and Seventh symphonies, it is easy to think of Dvorák as perhaps the greatest composer who ever lived, Czech or otherwise. In these 1938 recordings with Vaclav Talich leading the Czech Philharmonic, the smiling joy of the Sixth from its graceful opening Allegro non tanto to its exhilarating closing ...
The facts speak for themselves: Dvorák composed his Stabat Mater after the deaths of his first three children and Suk composed his Asrael Symphony after the deaths of his father-in-law Dvorák and then his young wife Ottilie, Dvorák's fourth child. And yet, for all the music's horrors and anguish, Dvorák's Stabat Mater and Suk's Asrael are ...
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