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Antonín Dvorák

Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

In Nature's Realm · Carnival · Othello

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

ODE 962-2D · CD · March 2002

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Track listing

7 tracks · 78:45

Listen to samples on selected tracks.

CD 1

Antonín Dvorák

  1. Symphony No. 9 in E-minor, Op. 95 "From the New World"
  2. 1 I. Adagio - Allegro molto 9:12
  3. 2 II. Largo 12:27
  4. 3 III. Scherzo: Molto vivace 7:57
  5. 4 IV. Allegro con fuoco 11:18

CD 2

Antonín Dvorák

  1. 1 In Nature's Realm Overture, Op. 91 14:02
  2. 2 Carnival Overture, Op. 92 9:11
  3. 3 Othello Overture, Op. 93 14:38

About this recording

This double CD (for the price of one) features Vladimir Ashkenazy conducting the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, who perform their compatriot Antonín Dvořák's famous Symphony No. 9 "From the New World". Also included are the three overtures Opp. 91-93, In Nature's Realm, Carnival and Othello.

Vladimir Ashkenazy served as the Czech Philharmonic's chief conductor from 1998-2003. These recordings were made in 1999 at the orchestra's home residency, the Dvořák Hall in Prague's historic Rudolfinum.

Features

2 CDs; booklet with liner notes in English, German, French and Finnish

Press

This is what any recording of this piece has to be about - communicating a masterpiece afresh without veering from tradition - and this recording now joins a select few at the top of the list.
Philip Haldeman, American Record Guide, November/December 2002

Though there are many fine versions of the New World Symphony, this one stands comparisons with the finest, as well as offering a unique and apt coupling in its two-disc format.
Edward Greenfield, Gramophone, July 2002

The artists

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

The name of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra first appeared on a Prague concert programme on January 4, 1896. The concert was conducted by Antonín Dvorák and it was held in the magnificent Rudolfinum hall, the home of the Orchestra to this day. From its very beginnings the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra has been ranked among the premier symphony orchestras of Europe. Throughout its history, the Orchestra has enjoyed collaborations with many world-class guest conductors including Herbert von Karajan, Karl Böhm, Claudio Abbado, Sergiu Celibidache, and Christoph von Dohnányi. The hundreds of soloists who have worked with the orchestra have been of an equally high calibre: they include Pablo Casals, Arturo Benedetti-Michelangeli, Sviatoslav Richter, David Oistrakh and Itzhak Perlman.

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