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Dvorak: Symphony No. 6; Janacek: Idyll / Schwarz, Seattle Symphony
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Dvorak: Symphony No. 6; Janacek: Idyll / Schwarz, Seattle Symphony

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Details

Composer
DVORAK JANACEK
Artist
Schwarz
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Jan 29, 2013
Catalog #
8572698
UPC
747313269877

About

These performances, recorded in 2009/10, are not Delos reissues. If you’ve heard Gerard Schwarz’s Mahler recordings, you will know that his recent work reveals a distinctive and compelling way with romantic music, miles away from his stiff early recordings of Mozart and Haydn. This Dvorák Sixth is wholly personal and worth getting to know. Contrast seems to have become the name of the game. The first movement, with its exposition repeat intact, is uncommonly swift and exciting, the Adagio unusually slow—a real adagio—but still lyrical and flowing. In Schwarz’s hands the music takes on a larger aspect than it usually does.

The scherzo has plenty of the necessary fire, but the finale is also different (legitimately so) from any other version. In the coda, for example, Schwarz has the strings execute their fugato a touch slower than it typically goes, but with great precision, leading to a truly grand reading of the final pages. In every movement Schwarz varies the pulse effectively within a phrase, making effective use of slight ritards and accents to maintain interest. It’s just thoughtful, intelligent music making, with an orchestra able to follow the conductor’s every whim.

Janácek’s Idyll makes an unusual but effective coupling, dating as it does from two years before the symphony. In seven movements lasting some 30 minutes, the piece sounds a lot like Dvorák (albeit without the tunes) and wholly unlike the Janácek on which his reputation rests. Once again, the performance is warm and captivating, the string playing often luscious in sonority. This very enjoyable, well-engineered disc should excite the interest of Dvorák fans; it came as a very pleasant surprise.

– ClassicsToday.com

Tracklist 11 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro non tanto 16:25
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro non tanto
    Duration
    16:25
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  2. 2 II. Adagio 13:10
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    13:10
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  3. 3 III. Scherzo: Presto 07:59
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Presto
    Duration
    07:59
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  4. 4 IV. Finale: Allegro con spirito 10:14
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Finale: Allegro con spirito
    Duration
    10:14
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  5. 5 I. Andante 04:20
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Andante
    Duration
    04:20
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  6. 6 II. Allegro - Moderato - Tempo I 03:07
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Allegro - Moderato - Tempo I
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  7. 7 III. Moderato - Con moto - Tempo I 03:56
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Moderato - Con moto - Tempo I
    Duration
    03:56
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  8. 8 IV. Allegro 03:44
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  9. 9 V. Adagio - Presto - Tempo I 07:02
    Track
    9
    Title
    V. Adagio - Presto - Tempo I
    Duration
    07:02
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  10. 10 VI. Scherzo and Trio 03:14
    Track
    10
    Title
    VI. Scherzo and Trio
    Duration
    03:14
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  11. 11 VII. Moderato 04:08
    Track
    11
    Title
    VII. Moderato
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz