Dvorak's "New World" by Bernstein/Israel Philharmonic

Started by MISHUGINA, June 20, 2008, 04:50:12 AM

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I heard this recording in college's "Romantic History" music class. The first movement is one of the most fiery I've ever heard, and surprisingly the Israelis has killer trombones. Orchestral standards is much higher than their "Petrushka" recording which sounded worst than an amateur orchestra.

However we doze off by the middle of second movement. It is no wonder it stretches far longer than Celibidache would ever imagine and the whole Largo is 18 minutes long (as opposed to 12 mins)! Has any conductor recorded this movement longer than that?