Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 6 - 9 Orchestral & Concertos LSO Live

Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 6 - 9

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LS 0071

Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 6 - 9

Label Catalogue Number:
LSO0071

Running Time: 169:07

Release Date: July 2013
Originally recorded in 2004

Composer (1841-1904)
Antonín Dvorák

Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor
Sir Colin Davis

Venue
Barbican Centre, London

Producer
James Mallinson

Engineer
Jonathan Stokes

Engineer
Tony Faulkner

Genre:
Orchestral & Concertos

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ANTONÍN DVORÁK

(1841-1904)

Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60 (1880)

46:19

Allegro non tanto

15:22

Adagio

12:15

Scherzo (Furiant)

8:01

Allegro con spirito

10:39

Symphony No.7 in D minor, Op.70 (1885)

Allegro maestoso

11:05

Poco adagio

11:19

Scherzo: vivace; poco meno mosso

7:39

Allegro

9:53

Symphony No.8 in G major, Op.88 (1893)

Allegro con brio

9:58

10.

Adagio

11:16

11.

Allegretto grazioso

6:59

12.

Allegro, ma non troppo

10:35

Symphony No.9 'From the New World' (1893)

13.

Adagio - Allegro molto

12:04

14.

Largo

12:50

15.

Scherzo - molto vivace

7:52

16.

Allegro con fuoco

11:20

Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Sir Colin Davis

Tracks 1-4: Recorded live 29-30 September 2004

Tracks 5-8: Recorded live 21 March 2001

Tracks 9-12: Recorded live 3-4 October 1999

Tracks 13-16: Recorded live 29-30 September 1999

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Reviews

"... a resplendent Sixth it blazes with Bohemian warmth and vivacity" - (Symphony No 6)

Daily Telegraph

"... this Sixth bespeaks the freshness of a new discovery buy with confidence. It’s really exciting" - (Symphony No 6)

ClassicsToday.com

"Colin Davis’s performance of the Sixth joins his excellent recordings of Dvorák’s last three symphonies His attention to orchestral detail imparts an almost chamber-music feel that it entirely beneficial.His reading of the first movement is marvellously infectious There is a wealth of ravishing detail in the slow movement and the finale is magnificently structured" - (Symphony No 6)

BBC Music magazine

Classical CD of the Week

"... sumptuous an unmissable bargain" - (Symphony No 6)

Sunday Times

"Colin Davis and the LSO give a tremendous account gorgeously played brilliantly executed" - (Symphony No 7)

Evening Standard

"The LSO Live label was launched with the release of Dvorák’s Eighth and Ninth symphonies, both of which immediately became benchmark recordings for those works.This new CD is surely destined for similar status" - (Symphony No 7)

Daily Telegraph

"More successfully than any other recording, he captures the slow movement’s elusive heart of darkness" Outstanding Recording - (Symphony No 8)

BBC Music Magazine

"Davis masterminds a performance of imposing authority definitely one to snap up" - (Symphony No 7)

Gramophone magazine

"... Magnificent performances a joy from start to finish " - (Symphony No 8)

The Express

"excellent" - (Symphony No 8)

Mail On Sunday

"... highly successful Full marks! - (Symphony No 8)

International Record Review

"... Magnificent performances a joy from start to finish" - (Symphony No 9)

The Express

"... Davis offers a story and a sense of conviction that place his performance in a wholly different league" - (Symphony No 9)

BBC Music Magazine

"... highly successful Full marks!" - (Symphony No 9)

International Record Review

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