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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
He turned national folk music into classical music, and made a great advert for Hovis bread. , 27 Jul 2007
Antonin Dvorak, 1841-1904, Czech.
"Mozart is sweet sunshine". (Antonin Dvorak).
This Naxos CD is aimed at the beginner or occasional classical music listener and aims to provide a cross section of the entire works of Dvorak on a single CD of around one hour duration. It's difficult of course to achieve a satisfactory representation of a composer's lifetime achievements in such short time, but this CD does achieve its aim in that it offers an affordable introduction to Dvorak which may enable the listener to either pursue these works further, or simply to collect the entire Naxos `Best Of' range.
If the intention is to collect the series it will provide a good, although slightly abbreviated, library of classical music. Those requiring further listening are helped by the sleeve notes which give recommended further listening (all Naxos label CD's of course!).
It should be noted that the Naxos 2CD `Very Best Of' releases offer slightly better value than the single CD versions in this `Best Of' series.
That said, this is a good introduction to classical music for those on a careful budget.
The complete Naxos `Best Of' series (those indicated* also have `Very Best Of' releases):
Bach*, Bartok, Beethoven*, Berlioz, Bizet, Brahms, Chopin*, Debussy*, Dvorak*, Elgar*, Faure, Gershwin, Glazunov, Grieg*, Handel*, Haydn, Liszt, Lutoslawski, Mendelsshon, Mozart*, Paganini, Prokofiev, Puccini*, Rachmaninov*, Ravel*, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rossini, Saint-Saens, Schubert, Schumann, Satie*, Shostakovich*, Sibelius*, Strauss (Johann) II*, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky*, Verdi*, Vivaldi*, Wagner, Weber.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Over one hour of enjoyment and relaxation, 17 Oct 2009
For a novice in the field of classical music such as myself, this CD was perfect. Having enjoyed hearing the Ninth Symphony on the Hovis bread advertisements as a boy, I decided to delve further into the most recognisable works of Dvorak. I was not disappointed as the disc started with a bang and ended on the high note which it never really came down from.
Personal favourites for me are obviously the Ninth Symphony, as well as the Carnival Overture and the first Slavonic Dance. If you're looking for an in-depth library of Dvorak's work then this is not sufficient. Instead, I would recommend this for those of you unfamiliar with Dvorak's works who are curious enough to want to hear the best of an undoubtedly talented musician.
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~ Felix Mendelssohn
~ Johannes Brahms
~ Ludwig van Beethoven
~ Igor Stravinsky
~ Gabriel Fauré
