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In Reply to: RE: While we're on the subject of 'war horses'... posted by Tom B. on March 06, 2017 at 09:02:03
I just can't get back into 9. I'll love it for moment and then remember how often I heard it and the thrill is gone..... maybe... except with Talich! I even bought Harnoncourt when it was released to see if they hype might make me re-focus. Sadly, there was no love on first listen. My favorite recent recording is with Pesek. Really good 7. The 8 approaches Walter.
Gregg
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I still think it's a great performance, and, like Tom, I now have the JVC XRCD-24 incarnation:
Unlike you however, I'm a big admirer of the Harnoncourt RCOA version - it may have something to do with its 24/96 multi-channel incarnation, but I also found the performance to be surprisingly sharp and alert, with a lot of energy:
I just got Pesek's complete set last month (I had some of the individual symphonies for years), and I share your enthusiasm for it, although I like the ones with the CzPO better than those with the RLPO:
Looks like one of the Amazon resellers is practically giving this set away now (7 CD's for $9.43 plus shipping) - these are excellent performances overall, and they're a great way to get to know the earlier symphonies if you don't know them already.
My favorite Dvorak Sevenths are the Dorati (tremendous weight and depth) and Giulini/LPO (very passionate and songful, despite a couple of ensemble infelicities) recordings. The seventh is certainly Dvorak's greatest symphony!
Edits: 03/07/17
How come I've never ran across the Dorati Seventh? I suppose the record bins still have their secrets! I will have to find it. I have to listen to the Pesek performances of the tone poems; the tome poems have never won me over (I had the Kubelik recordings), I do remember that the Water Sprite (in the Pesek recording) reminded me of Mahler. It might have been the Rhine wine though.
Thanks for the suggestions, Monteux has been the touch stone since I first heard it over the tinny kitchen radio in 1975.
Gregg
Talich.......another great example indeed!
Tom B.
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