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Music : Dvorak: Slavonic Dances
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Dvorak: Slavonic Dances from: Teldec |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0685738103829 Label: Teldec Manufacturer: Teldec Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Teldec Release Date: May 21, 2002 Studio: Teldec Sales Rank: 113308 Disc 1:
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 Rating: - A must Dvorak CD for your collectionHarnoncourt's excitingly uninhibited new set of the Slavonic Dances, with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, combines great exuberance and virtuosity with vivid colouring. Harnoncourt's direction has tremendous zest and vitality. The Dumka character of Op. 46/2 is spectacularly caught, moving from a relaxed lyrical charm and warmly flexible phrasing to spontaneously hot-blooded bursts of energy, with the trombones electrifying unleased. The delicacy of the string and woodwind playing in No. 6 of the first set is particularly beguiling, as is the seductive rubato at the opening of Op. 72/2. But even here the relaxation of the shapely phrasing is underpinned by an inherent vitality, with the last two chords given a firm finality. Beautiful ... Read More: Rating: - An outstanding modern versionI'd say life has been kind to this music. There are the fabulous Szell recordings and both of Kubelik's, then Rodzinski's on old Westminster. I'm sure plenty of others. Great stuff. A good conductor with a top-notch orchestra always seems to have fun with these and why not, they're made to have fun with. Generally, modern recordings of this repertoire don't work for me, flawless playing is usually paired with an odd lack of spirit--like the performers really don't believe in the music; like everyone's playing with one eye on the 401K and another on the resume, in other words like most modernistical people do things these days. Kind of sad when a sort of antiseptic perfection is the only standard--there's something Byzantine or Manchu court about ... Read More: Rating: - Dvorak played with the sophistication of Johann StraussDvorak's popular Slavonic Dances are traditionally approached rustically, and the definitive vaclav Talich recording from decades past immerses you immediately into a Czech landscape of peasant festivities. Harnoncourt isn't remotely like that--he conducts each dance with the urbane suavity of a Strauss waltz. The sound of the orchestra is gorgeous and gorgeously recorded. But if you don't want all this nuance and detailed phrasing, these Slavonic Dances aren't for you. I love them, becasue as Harnoncourt is wont to do--when he isn't being outrageous--he makes each dance sound new and original. Highly recommended to anyone who doesn't like to get his boots muddy. Rating: - And all that jazz...Dvorak's Slavonic Dances were the European version of American jazz at the time - slightly scandalous, quirky, played by many and open to various interpretations. Only slowly, like the Tango or the Mazurka, have they become an acceptable part of Classical Music (quote unquote). Despite all their sheer brilliance, fluctuating harmonies and melodies, they are, in the end, DANCES with all the rhythm, drive and meter that implies. As such, this recording is quite genuine in that it accents the frenetic and sensual aspect of these pieces. A tour de force of technique with imaginative interpretation - a winner. Rating:  - Different !A great recording of the "Master of Truth". And indeed, it is a different recording! Not like the typical Bohemian style. It is an outstanding performance, almost chamber like and very symphonic. A different approach to the Dances, without the usual beauty: more serious. For me this is The Number One recording of the Dances (and I know at least ten of them !). |
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