Dvořák - Symphonies Nos.7, 8 & 9

Antonín Dvořák - Symphonies Nos.7, 8 & 9 by Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Václav Neumann. The output of nine symphonies by Czech composer Antonin Dvořák has ranked continuously, since its completion to this day, amongst the constituent pillars of the European symphonic repertoire as a whole. The sheer strength of Dvořák´s melodic invention has never ceased to enthrall experts and the general public alike. After all, it was found breathtaking even by more than a few of the composer´s prominent contemporaries (as evidenced by Brahms´ statement: "Dvořák´s themes for his subordinate ideas would easily supply me with enough material for principal subjects in my own work..."). The star of Dvořák´s creative genius shines with the brightest magnitude in the sky of world music. His last four symphonies in particular have become firmly embedded as staple parts of the repertoire embraced by professional symphony orchestras worldwide, widely popular with audiences everywhere for their brilliant and thoroughly gratifying instrumentation. This digital recording, made in the 1980s, relies on the century-old authentic interpretive tradition of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra whose early history saw Antonin Dvořák himself at the conductor´s post, followed by such legends of the baton as Václav Talich, Karel Ančerl, and in his own time, of course, Václav Neumann, a Dvořákian specialist and an artist of inimitable charisma.

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