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Antonin Dvorak, Edward Elgar, Max Bruch
Dvorak, Elgar: Cello Concertos; Bruch: Kol Nidrei
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (7) - Disc #1
1. Cello Concerto In B Minor, Op. 104: I. Allegro vivo
2. Cello Concerto In B Minor, Op. 104: II. Adagio ma non troppo
3. Cello Concerto In B Minor, Op. 104: III. Allegro moderato
4. Cello Concerto In E Minor, Op. 85: I. Adagio-Moderato - II. Lento - Allegro molto
5. Cello Concerto In E Minor, Op. 85: III. Adagio
6. Cello Concerto In E Minor, Op. 85: IV. Allegro ma non troppo
7. Kol nidrei, Op. 47

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All Artists: Antonin Dvorak, Edward Elgar, Max Bruch, George Szell, Adrian Boult, Landon Ronald, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra
Title: Dvorak, Elgar: Cello Concertos; Bruch: Kol Nidrei
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 1
Label: EMI Import
Release Date: 6/27/1990
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Styles: Forms & Genres, Concertos, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Instruments, Strings
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 077776349824

Synopsis

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I'm not usually a fan of "historical" recordings, the simple fact being that there are usually excellent performances of most works in modern sound, and for the beginning listener, it's better to have a good performance in great sound than a great performance in horrible sound. This performance of the Dvorák concerto, however, really is special, as a souvenir of this century's most important cellist, as well as of a very great conductor and orchestra. Yes, the sound is restricted, but it's listenable, enough so to verify that the legendary status of this recording is well deserved. The Elgar Concerto--a comparatively minor work--makes an attractive bonus. --David Hurwitz

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CD Reviews

Which is more important, the music or the sound?

Marmez1@aol.com | Los Angeles, CA USA | 03/19/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"For me it is always the music. I would rather listen to a deeply moving performance recorded in the 1930's than a bland one recorded in DDD in the 1990's. The Kol Nidre is so beautiful and so well played that it is moving beyond description. (I listen to this version every year for its spiritual as well as its musical value.) But it is the Dvorak to which I repeatedly turn. Yes, the Czech Philharmonic is not the Berlin or the Vienna Philharmonic. That is precisely the point. Here we are listening to a young George Szell conducting the Czech Phil. with a young Casals playing. In my mind's eye I can imagine that only a few months from the time of this recording, Nazi storm troopers will be occupying that same concert hall. This piece and this performance recall a different time and a different era, now lost forever. Call it the old school if you will, but to me the musical values and the emotions evoked by this recording merit five stars and repeated listening."