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~ Josef Suk (Composer), Sir Charles Mackerras (Conductor), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
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  • Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras
  • Composer: Josef Suk
  • Audio CD (1 Oct 1999)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Decca
  • ASIN: B00002MXNF
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 81,878 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Summer Tale Op.29 : Voices of life and consolation
2. Summer Tale Op.29 : Noon
3. Summer Tale Op.29 : Intermezzo - Blind musicians
4. Summer Tale Op.29 : In the power of phantoms
5. Summer Tale Op.29 : Night
6. Fantastic Scherzo Op.25

On this CD:
  1. (A) Summer's Tale
    Composed by Josef Suk
    Conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras

  2. Fantastické Scherzo
    Composed by Josef Suk
    Conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras


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A powerful coupling which no lover of late-romantic orchestral spectacle will want to miss. A "musical poem" was how Josef Suk described his 1907-9 masterpiece A Summer's Tale, the second in the series of four large-scale compositions he penned after the double-whammy of the deaths of his father-in-law Dvor´k and wife Otylka. Both the opening movement ("Voices of Life and Consolation") and fourth-movement scherzo ("In the Power of Phantoms") show that the demons so painfully and movingly exorcised in A Summer Tale's predecessor, the shattering Asrael Symphony of 1905-6, have not been entirely banished after all, engendering a lingering unease that not even the wonderfully serene final movement ("Night") can quite dispel. The remaining two movements--the unforgettable heat-haze of "Noon" and melancholic strains of "Blind Musicians"-- are scored with breathtaking originality and imagination. Not surprisingly, Sir Charles Mackerras and the Czech PO prove hugely eloquent advocates of Suk's heartwarming inspiration, and if Libor Pesek's outstanding RLPO version on Virgin Classics is by no means outclassed, Mackerras has the sizeable advantage of a spick-and-span performance of the adorable Fantastic Scherzo (1903-4). The Decca recording is truly demonstration-worthy in its sumptuous realism. --Andrew Achenbach

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5.0 out of 5 stars Unusual late Romantic repertoire, 30 May 2008
By Ralph Moore (Bishop's Stortford, UK) - See all my reviews
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The first thing to say about this lovely CD is that it showcases a world class orchestra in truly sumptuous sound. Mackerrras and the Czech Philharmonic could not be more subtle, expert and nuanced in their performance of this unusual, complex music; it's as close as you can get to a concert hall experience without actually being there. Suk's inventive orchestration and epic scale are both sensitively and thrillingly realised here by virtue of the wide range of dynamics in the recorded sound; particularly striking is the way the shimmering of the Czech strings - beautifully in tune - are caught, especially in the opening movement of the "Summer Tale". In addition to the influences of Dvorak and Czech folk in general, and the more obvious echoes of Strauss' tone poems and Mahler's Angst-laden symphonies, you will also hear similarities to the sound world of French Impressionist school; Suk often creates an atmosphere redolent of Ravel and Debussy. (I also hear some pre-echoes of Respighi's tone poems, too; the colour of the effects Suk generates with his large orchestra and use of snarling brass have something to do with it.)

There is always a lurking demon in Suk's music which almost undermines the sinuous melodies; this is not the unalloyed delight of Suk's charming "Serenade" - which was written as a result of Dvorak effectively advising his future son-in-law to "lighten up"! Dvorak's subsequent death, swiftly followed by that of his daughter, Suk's wife did nothing to help mitigate Suk's predilection for melancholy; the immediate result was the grand and gloomy "Asrael" symphony. The earlier "Fantastic Scherzo", written during Suk's happiest years, is more overtly and typically Czech in its rhythmic vitality and singing meolodies (especially the most prominent and frequently recurring one).

All in all, a superb record of fascinating music slightly off the beaten track in demonstration quality sound.
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