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Budapest Festival Orchestra
Dvorak: Symphony No. 7; Suite in A Major
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (9) - Disc #1
1. Symphony No. 7 in D minor, B. 141 (Op. 70) (first published as No. 2): Allegro maestoso
2. Symphony No. 7 in D minor, B. 141 (Op. 70) (first published as No. 2): Poco adagio
3. Symphony No. 7 in D minor, B. 141 (Op. 70) (first published as No. 2): Scherzo
4. Symphony No. 7 in D minor, B. 141 (Op. 70) (first published as No. 2): Allegro
5. Suite for orchestra in A major ('American'; arr. from suite for piano, B. 184), B. 190 (Op. 98b): Andante con moto
6. Suite for orchestra in A major ('American'; arr. from suite for piano, B. 184), B. 190 (Op. 98b): Allegro
7. Suite for orchestra in A major ('American'; arr. from suite for piano, B. 184), B. 190 (Op. 98b): Moderato: alla Polacca
8. Suite for orchestra in A major ('American'; arr. from suite for piano, B. 184), B. 190 (Op. 98b): Andante
9. Suite for orchestra in A major ('American'; arr. from suite for piano, B. 184), B. 190 (Op. 98b): Allegro

CD Details

All Artists: Budapest Festival Orchestra
Title: Dvorak: Symphony No. 7; Suite in A Major
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Channel Classics
Original Release Date: 1/1/2010
Re-Release Date: 6/8/2010
Album Type: Hybrid SACD - DSD, Import
Genre: Classical
Style: Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 723385300106

Synopsis

Product Description

This disc featuring music by Dvorák find Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra at the top of their form, playing music for which they have a special affinity. Dvorak's last symphonies cover a wide range of mood and musical style, and each is a true masterwork in its own right. The seventh is among the composer s finest works. Like Beethoven s fifth and Mahler s first, this symphony take us from sadness to
happiness, from tragedy to jubilation.

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CD Reviews

Wow! - Fischer/B.F.O. do it again!

B. Guerrero | 06/19/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Channel Classics has just issued two CD's containing the last three symphonies of Dvorak, plus the under-appreciated "American Suite". The disc containing symphonies 8 and 9 was originally a Philips recording, now licensed to Channel. This one of the 7th symphony and "American Suite" is much newer, and what a beauty it is! Aside from the excellent sonics provided by Channel Classics, what often distinguishes Ivan Fischer's work from the rest of the pact is his handling of finale movements. That's certainly the case here in both works. I'm not sure that I've ever heard the finale to the 7th symphony whipped up to such a frenzy near the end, and a series of sudden diminuendos in the final chords makes one wish that tam-tam strokes could have been added, ala Stokowski. Seriously, that's just how profound Ivan Fischer makes Dvorak's most Brahmsian symphony feel and sound. George Szell probably comes the closest, and Andre Previn's L.A. Phil. version (Telarc) runs Szell close, only in better sound. For my taste, Fischer trumps both of them (Ormandy made a surprisingly good one also).

The "American Suite" is solid, mature Dvorak. However, like the "Czech Suite" and "Scherzo Capriccioso", it's been pushed aside by the ever growing popularity of Dvorak's late tone poems; proto-Mahler works to be certain. But there's so much to enjoy in this 20 minute, five movement suite. Again, Fischer truly whips up the finale. And, by the way, the "American Suite" was the coupling on the popular Kiril Kondrashin/Vienna Phil. recording of the "New World" symphony issued on London (Decca). It's a work that deserves to be dragged out a bit more frequently.

With so much competition in the standard orchestral literature, it's sometimes difficult to justify the higher prices for Channel Classics product. But if you view music purchases as a long term investment, the differences in cost can sometimes feel rather marginal. Ivan Fischer's recordings are frequently worth the added expense. What these two Hungarian performances sometimes like in Czech amiability (not much, believe me), they more than make up for in good-old Magyar intensity."