Dvorák: Symphonie No. 9 "du Nouveau Monde"; Smetana: La Moldau (1998)

You don't know what excitement means until you've heard Ferenc Fricsay conduct. Take this disc of Fricsay leading the RIAS Symphony Orchestra in Dvorák's "From the New World" Symphony, Smetana's "Moldau" from Ma Vlast, and Liszt's Les Préludes captured in Deutsches Grammophon's breathtakingly present analogue sound. Every attack is edgy, every rhythm is driven, and every player is sitting on the edge of his/her chair. But above all, everything is alive and new. With subtlety and strength, Fricsay and the RIAS make these ... Read More

You don't know what excitement means until you've heard Ferenc Fricsay conduct. Take this disc of Fricsay leading the RIAS Symphony Orchestra in Dvorák's "From the New World" Symphony, Smetana's "Moldau" from Ma Vlast, and Liszt's Les Préludes captured in Deutsches Grammophon's breathtakingly present analogue sound. Every attack is edgy, every rhythm is driven, and every player is sitting on the edge of his/her chair. But above all, everything is alive and new. With subtlety and strength, Fricsay and the RIAS make these familiar pieces, even the all too familiar Les Préludes, sound fresh and even surprising. The rhythmic tattoo in Dvorák's Scherzo is astonishingly relentless and the climax at the end of the "Moldau" is astoundingly martial. Although listeners may already have favored performances of these works -- the Toscanini or the Reiner "New World," the Talich or Kubelík "Moldau," or, for sheer visceral thrills, the Mengelberg Les Préludes -- anyone who loves the music will want to hear this disc.... Read Less

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2006, Deutsche Grammophon UPC: 028945917726 CD See All