Dvorak: Symphony No. 6 / The Water Goblin Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra & Yakov Kreizberg

• Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
• 1 I. Allegro non tanto 18:37
• 2 II. Adagio 10:40
• 3 III. Scherzo: Presto 08:21
• 4 IV. Finale: Allegro con spirito 10:54
• 5 The Water Goblin, Op. 107 20:15
• Total Runtime 01:08:47

Info for Dvorak: Symphony No. 6 / The Water Goblin

Joining Yakov Kreizberg and the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra's previously released recordings of Dvorák's Eighth and Ninth Symphonies is their recording of the same composer's Sixth Symphony coupled with his symphonic poem The Water Goblin. Like its predecessors, it is simply superb. Kreizberg's conducting has plenty of drive and power but it's also well-shaped and completely under controlled. He's able to sculpt phrases and paragraphs without impeding the forward motion of the music, and the work's radiant lyricism is as apparent in its serene central Adagio as it is in its racing closing Allegro con spirito. The Amsterdam based orchestra plays with tremendous strength and integrity for Kreizberg, sticking with him in the Symphony's brutal Scherzo and shining for him in the symphonic poem's more lurid passages. Although there have been many other superlative recordings of Dvorák's Sixth over the years -- the luminous Kertész, the ebullient Belohlávek, the gregarious Mackerras -- Kreizberg's deserves to be heard by anyone who loves the music. PentaTone's super audio sound is deep, clear, detailed and unaccountably present.

“…the performance of the Water Goblin is rewarding. Clearly, Kreizberg has a way with Dvorák, but he seems to have lost it in the Sixth.” (BBC Music Magazine)

“Kreizberg here demonstrates what a fine orchestra the Netherlands Philharmonic is, even rivaling the Royal Concertgebouw in the refinement and precision of the playing……Kreizberg’s approach is generally to adopt a steady speed and to allow warmly expressive phrasing within that tempo. Another outstanding disc from the enterprising PentaTone company.” (Gramophone Magazine)

“Kreizberg's reading consistently brings out the fact that not a bar could have been written by any other composer but Dvorak.” (Penguin Guide)

Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

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