- Audio CD (19 Nov 2001)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Essential Classics
- ASIN: B000026EN7
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 118,270 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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As a cellist, Dvorak's cello concerto is extremely well known to me, and I probably have more recordings of it than any other cello work, and I'm sure the same is true of many of the readers of this review. The score is just a marvel, undoubtedly one of the Great concertos of all time, and I think also Dvorak's most successful orchestral essay. This is still overall my favourite version of this work - Rose strikes a perfect balance between classical poise and an apollonian sense of control with a romantic, slavic intensity that makes this recording an absolute joy from start to finish. I also adore the Rostropovich/Karajan, Casals, and DuPre versions, as well as many others, but this is the one I return to most often and every time I fall in love again with the piece and Rose's burnished, golden sound.
The sound is astonishingly clear for the 1964 recording technology and must stand as one of the finest examples of the era.
The coupling of the Dvorak violin concerto played by Stern is apt and again the playing is top notch, even if the piece lacks the mastery which the later concerto exhibits.
At this price, this CD is an absolute friggin' steal and I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone with ears.
The sound is astonishingly clear for the 1964 recording technology and must stand as one of the finest examples of the era.
The coupling of the Dvorak violin concerto played by Stern is apt and again the playing is top notch, even if the piece lacks the mastery which the later concerto exhibits.
At this price, this CD is an absolute friggin' steal and I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone with ears.
Format:Audio CD
Dvořák's Violin Concerto and his Cello Concerto have long been concert favourites. The Cello concerto is one of the few popular concerti for this solo instrument, and rightly so. Dvořák was a late romantic composer who like so many of the time looked to folk music, in his case from Moravia and Bohemia. It inspired the Czech hero's national flavoured music.
Although these concerti were recorded in 1964 and 1966 respectively, the digital transcriptions of these analogue recordings are as clear and crisp as if they had been recorded digitally, mixed and balanced yesterday.
Concerti are a balancing act between the weight of the orchestra and the weight of the solo instrument, also between musicality and virtuosity. This balance has been skilfully managed by composer, conductor and sound engineer.
Isaac Stern gives a wonderful interpretation of the violin concerto against a sympathetic rendering by Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra, a classic interpretation that has set the benchmark for this piece.
Leonard Rose makes the cello sing out in the cello concerto, against the rich and vivid tones of the Philadelphia Orchestra under the baton of Eugene Ormandy
This is a definite must have in your classical music archive and is sure to get regular plays, An absolute bargain.
Although these concerti were recorded in 1964 and 1966 respectively, the digital transcriptions of these analogue recordings are as clear and crisp as if they had been recorded digitally, mixed and balanced yesterday.
Concerti are a balancing act between the weight of the orchestra and the weight of the solo instrument, also between musicality and virtuosity. This balance has been skilfully managed by composer, conductor and sound engineer.
Isaac Stern gives a wonderful interpretation of the violin concerto against a sympathetic rendering by Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra, a classic interpretation that has set the benchmark for this piece.
Leonard Rose makes the cello sing out in the cello concerto, against the rich and vivid tones of the Philadelphia Orchestra under the baton of Eugene Ormandy
This is a definite must have in your classical music archive and is sure to get regular plays, An absolute bargain.
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