DVOŘÁK Symphonies Nos 3 & 7
Bosch moves to Dvořák and the ‘original’ Seventh
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Composer or Director: Antonín Dvořák
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: Coviello
Magazine Review Date: 07/2013
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 73
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: COV31212
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Symphony No. 3 |
Antonín Dvořák, Composer
Antonín Dvořák, Composer Marcus Bosch, Conductor Nuremberg Philharmonic Orchestra |
Symphony No. 7 |
Antonín Dvořák, Composer
Antonín Dvořák, Composer Marcus Bosch, Conductor Nuremberg Philharmonic Orchestra |
Author: Rob Cowan
Lesson No 2: when it comes to tempo indications, don’t always assume that the composer knows best. In the more graceful (but musically less imposing) Third Symphony, the middle movement is marked Adagio molto, tempo di marcia, which leaves options wide open. By taking the tempo di marcia at face value, as Neeme Järvi, Vladimír Válek and Marcus Bosch do, you hear more in the way of thematic relationships with other parts of the symphony. Turn to Václav Smetáček or Václav Neumann, both of whom take Adagio molto as their lead (with a correspondingly broader tempo), and those connections are more difficult to follow. Also, this being relatively early Dvořák, the movement can seem to rather outstay its welcome, which at the faster tempo it doesn’t. Still, Smetáček’s recording has a unique airiness about it though Bosch and Válek (in particular) offer a satisfying option overall, with Bosch’s disc being fairly indispensable for all committed Dvořákians given the musical value of that Seventh Symphony ‘original’ slow movement.
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