While there have been half a dozen recordings of Josef Suk's Fairy Tale, and at least 100 recordings of Antonin Dvorák's "From the New World" Symphony, this disc coupling both works, performed by Bertrand de Billy and the Vienna Radio Symphony, is really quite special. De Billy and the Viennese musicians do it the old-fashioned way, by taking the music seriously, performing it faithfully, and expressing it passionately. Best known for his work at the Vienna State Opera, de Billy is also a more than competent symphonic ...
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While there have been half a dozen recordings of Josef Suk's Fairy Tale, and at least 100 recordings of Antonin Dvorák's "From the New World" Symphony, this disc coupling both works, performed by Bertrand de Billy and the Vienna Radio Symphony, is really quite special. De Billy and the Viennese musicians do it the old-fashioned way, by taking the music seriously, performing it faithfully, and expressing it passionately. Best known for his work at the Vienna State Opera, de Billy is also a more than competent symphonic conductor, with balances, tempos, and details just where they should be. But what especially distinguishes him is his commitment to the music. De Billy shows affection for Suk's relatively unfamiliar hymn to romantic love by letting its big themes sing and its big climaxes ring, and admiration for Dvorák's exceedingly popular homage to America, by allowing its big themes soar and its big climaxes resound from sea to shinning sea, figuratively speaking. The Vienna Radio Symphony proves...
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