ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841 – 1904)

Symphonic Works

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Vaclav Neumann

CD 1

Symphony No. 1 in C minor, “The Bells of Zlonice“, sine op. (B 9; 1865)* 47:31

1/ I. [Allegro] 12:15

2/ II. Adagio di molto 12:26

3/ III. Allegretto 9:06

4/ IV. Finale. Allegro animato 13:32

CD 2

Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 4 (B 12; 1865, rev. 1887)* 49:56

1/ I. Allegro con moto 12:33

2/ II. Poco adagio 12:52

3/ III. Scherzo. Allegro con brio 12:58

4/ IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco 11:22

CD 3

Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 10 (B 34; 1873, rev. 1887/89)*

35:04

1/ I. Allegro moderato 10:54

2/ II. Adagio molto, tempo di marcia 14:43

3/ III. Finale. Allegro vivace 9:22

Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 13 (B 41; 1874, rev. 1887/88) * 40:58

4/ I. Allegro 11:49

5/ II. Andante sostenuto e molto cantabile 12:16

6/ III. Allegro feroce 6:53

7/ IV. Allegro con brio 9:52

CD 4

Symphony No. 5 in F major, Op. 76 (B 54; 1875, rev. 1887)* 38:21

1/ I. Allegro ma non troppo 9:46

2/ II. Andanto con moto 7:41

3/ III. Andante con moto, quasi l’istesso Tempo – Allegro

scherzando 7:44

4/ IV. Finale. Allegro molto 13:05

5/ Symphonic Variations, Op. 78 (B 70; 1877) 22:57

CD 5

Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60 (B 112; 1880)* 43:06

1/ I. Allegro non tanto 13:45

2/ II. Adagio 10:03

3/ III. Scherzo (Furiant). Presto 8:26

4/ IV. Finale. Allegro con spirito 10:45

Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70 (B 141; 1884–85, rev. 1885) * 37:29

5/ I. Allegro maestoso 11:03

6/ II. Poco adagio 9:30

7/ III. Scherzo. Vivace 7:37

8/ IV. Finale. Allegro 9:10Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Václav Neumann

Recorded at the Rudolfinum, Prague, on September, 1968

(Variations), from October, 1971 to February,

1973 (Symphonies), on March and August, 1977 (Poems), on November, 1979 and February, 1980

(Overtures)

CD 6

Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88 (B 163; 1889)* 37:37

1/ I. Allegro con brio 9:40

2/ II. Adagio 10:26

3/ III. Allegretto grazioso 6:35

4/ IV. Allegro ma non troppo 10:48

Concert Overtures

5/ In Nature’s Realm, Op. 91 (B 168; 1891) 14:35

6/ Carnival, Op. 92 (B 169; 1891) 9:24

7/ Othello, Op. 93 (B 174; 1891-92) 14:18

CD 7

Symphony No. 9 in E minor ‘From the New World’, Op. 95 (B 178; 1893)* 41:20

1/ I. Adagio. Allegro molto 9:21

2/ II. Largo 12:18

3/ III. Molto vivace 8:16

4/ IV. Allegro con fuoco 11:16

CD 8

Symphonic Poems after K. J. Erben 78:20

1/ The Water Goblin, Op. 107 (B 195; 1896) 19:42

2/ The Noon Witch, Op. 108 (B 196; 1896) 14:28

3/ The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109 (B 197; 1896) 25:32

4/ The Wild Dove, Op. 110 (B 198; 1896) 18:24

Few other composers’ music enjoys such enormous popularity and is as frequently performed on stages worldwide and recorded as that of Antonín Dvořák. And it is the symphonic works that are connected with his name most often.

The new Supraphon eight-disc box features several complete sets and encompasses Dvořák’s most significant symphonic pieces. Alongside the Symphonic Poems and Concert Overtures, Supraphon is releasing for the first time on CD Václav Neumann’s sensitively remastered 1972-74 analogue recordings of the complete symphonies (until now, only the digital recordings from the 1980s had been released on CD). Václav Neumann linked up to the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra’s bold Dvořák tradition in the wake of his illustrious predecessors Václav Talich and Karel Ančerl and developed it in sonic colourfulness and romantic sweep.

Following two complete sets of chamber works (the Panocha Quartet etc., SU 3815-2, SU 3921-2) and the complete essential piano pieces (Radoslav Kvapil, SU 4018- 2), you can now add to your music library another of the “worlds” of Dvořák’s amazing oeuvre, in a highly acclaimed interpretation with the seal of the Czech Dvořák tradition. The complete Dvořák symphonic works with Václav Neumann’s romantic sweep – for the first time on CD.

Supraphon SU40902