Review: Enjoy Dvořák's "Complete" Published Orchestral Works
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- Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2024
- This attractively packaged Naxos box contains 17 CDs worth of Dvořák, including all of the symphonies, concertos, concert overtures, serenades, and symphonic poems, not to mention a host of rarities: marvelous orchestral music from the operas, occasional pieces, and delightful "chips off of the master's workbench." Have a look, listen to the samples, and if you're looking for a handy library edition of Dvořák's orchestral music, look no farther.
I just ordered this box. It's my first box other than really cheap opera boxes. I can't wait to hear everything!
Thank you for this recommendation. You can never have too much Dvorak!
The Golden Spinning Wheel and The Wild Dove are some of my favorite pieces of music ever
What an exciting box! Dvorak's symphony cycle stands up well to anyone else, and the tone poems and symphony suites are highly underrated. I don't know the opera music at all. I've got more physical box sets than I need right now but I'll check out some of the hidden gems here on Spotify.
Yes! The Water Goblin. What a great piece of music. It is the same for me as Haydn 88 for you: I was a little boy, listened, loved immediately, made me to listen more and more. To hear BEST Dvorak Water Goblin (or symphonic poems) from you sometimes in the future - what a nice dream to dream.
i like when the vespers bells ring, the same time she was suppose to get back home...
Yes me too I can't wait to hear from you Dave your opinion on Dvorak symphonic poems
Dvorak’s operas are indeed master pieces but sadly neglected. I share your fondness for The Devil and Kate, not just the glorious music but it is genuinely laugh out loud funny. Thank god for a fab recording under Chalabala on Supraphon
The Slavonic Rhapsodies are indeed great pieces of music. I also own two excellent recordings by the Czech Philharmonic, under Bohumil Gregor in 1987 and Vaclav Neumann in 1991 (both on Supraphon).
Thanks for your comment. I found a used copy of the Neumann recording with the 3 Slavonic Rhapsodies plus My Home Op. 62 and A Hero's Song, Op 111. I didn't have the rhapsodies or the Op 111 which seems to be rarely recorded - it's not in the set of overtures and tone poems of Kubelik or Mackerras. It's odd that we don't ever hear of the Slavonic Rhapsodies given that Op 45 sits between the well known Op 44 Serenade for Winds and the Op 46 set of Slavonic Dances.
@@Don-md6wn Hello Don, My recordings of Dvorak's Slavonic Rhapsodies are performed by Vaclav Neumann and The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra on the TELDEC label. The first one is coupled with the second set of Slavonic Dances, Opus 72 and the second and third rhapsodies finish off the first set of Slavonic Dances, Opus 72. Never see these discs listed as still in print anywhere, but You may be able to find them if you look hard enough. Have no idea if these are the same performances as on the Supraphon release.
I've always liked Kertesz's ending of the 8th symphony primarily because of the exciting coda - and the double timpani thwacks seemed to had been closely miked, not unlike the Naxos version.
Naxos is Kicking Ass!!!
Mr. Hurwitz, are you going to do a talk on Vítězslav Novák, the neglected master of polyphony? The tone poem Toman and the Wood Nymph is simply astonishing.
I've already mentioned that work in my "Nymph" chat, and I also plugged Nikotina a while back.
I haven't noticed it, sorry. Thanks for all your videos, I enjoy your humor. :)
A small correction...over the years I collected every dvorak opera that came out.....most have come out...last I got was alfred.....And I have all the operas you mentioned....I do have king and charcoal burner. Not sure of version, but it has been issued on cd.
Not complete, and not both versions. I have them too.
So this is a reissue of the old Naxos "white box"? I'll have to fish that out again, I think.
By the way, I first encountered Dvorak's 8th in a recording by the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Milan Horvat, and I think it still holds up! I haven't yet found a recording I prefer.
How hard have you looked?
@@DavesClassicalGuide Moderately hard.
@@ThreadBomb Hmmmm.
Why is Dvořák symphony called The New World? Is there a story we should Know?
It is called “from the New World” because Dvorak wrote it while he was working in New York. More controversially, some of its themes were supposedly inspired by African-American and Native American musical idioms.
The late Symphonic Poems are powerful cautionary tales about evil in the world as told through fairy tales, but
the stories are metaphors about things that can really go on, imo!
It's good that Mr. Hurwitz does not thumb his nose to cheap editions. Of course NAXOS makes recordings with second rate orchestras. And the recording quality is usually mediocre.
Μany people are interested listen to great musical works at little expense.
It's a privilege that a connoisseur recommends good recordings for them.
That used to be my perception of NAXOS but I think you're selling them short. I've bought quite a few of their recordings that are major label quality in both performance and sound, and in many cases they have musicians, conductors and orchestras who have also recorded on major labels. The Samuel Barber orchestral recordings conducted by Marin Alsop, the Villa-Lobos symphonies that David picked as his 2020 KOLA winner, the Roussel symphonies and orchestral works and the Kalinnikov symphonies recording are all major label quality IMO. They also have a lot of top notch chamber music recordings.
Alexandros. Not sure I agree with you that the recording quality on NAXOS is usually mediocre. In fact, I think quite the opposite. At a minimum they are typically very good and at certain times they are beyond outstanding. Wit and all of his stuff is great. Tinguad. Sinclair. Judd. Donohoe. Alsop. To name but a few. NAXOS gives us unusual repertoire at an incredibly reasonable price and I love them for that. I recently purchased Sonia Rubinsky's Complete cycle of piano music by Villa-Lobos and I have been incredibly impressed with the quality (and don't even think about questioning the overall quality of the Naxos complete VL Symphony Cycle).
Naxos had iffy sound quality up to the late 90s, but now they sound as good as any other label, work with some top musicians, and have produced some outstanding records.
I will say that the Naxos box David reviews here is mostly earlier recordings, but they are of tolerable quality, especially if you turn up the volume.
There is no question that this statement is incorrect. Although they started out as a super budget label using second tier ensembles, for many years now the quality of Naxos' orchestral recordings has been as good as those of any label--but you have to choose on a case by case basis, again as with any label. That's what I'm here for.
@@alanmcginn4796 What do you think of the quality of the Villa-Lobos piano music? I only came to VL through Dave's videos, bought the BIS box of the Choros and Bachianas Brasileiras which I love and bought the Naxos symphony cycle which I'm halfway through and am enjoying. I have been looking at the complete set of VL string quartets on Dorian & Brilliant Classics and the Rubinsky set of the piano music but am wondering if the music is up the quality of what I've heard so far or whether it would be going overboard. VL seems to get the same rap as Martinu, that he wrote so much music it's of variable quality and you have to be picky. I've bought a bunch of Martinu recordings and liked every one of them, and so far it's the same with Villa-Lobos.