Topic: Dvorak's Den

[SurprisedByBeauty]

The @ionarts Dvořák Symphony Cycle Survey has been updated: @bambergsymphony cycle (first to be on SACD) announced and @liverpoolphil / Libor Pešek re-issue on @WarnerClassics added & various links fixed.

http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-survey-of-dvorak-symphony-cycles.html …

And I found a completely new (to me) cycle that I've added, since! Bosch/Nuremberg on SACD.

[Draško]

I have been looking for a good recording of the Fourth,on it's own,as opposed to,as part of a box set

[cilgwyn]

Yes,and I don't think I've got the Suite?! I'll have to play the Fourth again. I love the way it opens. I'm wondering whether the rest lives up to expectations? That said,I don't think there's a Dvorak symphony I don't like at all. No's ! & 3 are the weakest,for me (I seem to remember?).

[Daverz]

Listened to the 24/96 download of the Kertesz 4th the other day.  It's a thrilling performance, beautifully recorded.

[TheGSMoeller]

This one is a great sounding 4th, and very exciting. Hengelbrock/NDR and Rowicki/LSO offer up a lot of detail and balance, while I go to Jarvi/SNO and Kertesz/LSO for a more muscular tone. These four versions of the 4th are my favorite.