You can’t fault the Houston Symphony for consistency. Their March release of Dvořák’s Seventh and Eighth Symphonies (5/16) was both big-hearted and boisterous, while verging on the brash. Their new recording of Dvorak’s Sixth, also under Andrés Orozco-Estrada, is much the same, except that this piece can better withstand their wildest impulses.

After all, is there anything in Dvořák’s symphonies more rambunctious than the third movement? In this orchestra’s hands, it booms. So, too, does the joyously rustic finale, where the players aren’t afraid to get their boots muddy. The pacing is never in question, nor is the sense of fluidity: here, the unravelling of the lilting Allegro non tanto sounds truly seamless. And overall there’s a strong sense that Orozco-Estrada is less preoccupied with moment-to-moment detail than with flow and over-arching structure.

Which has its downside. The string staccatos following the opening movement’s introduction lack pinpoint precision. So do the transitions, not least between the Furiant and the Presto. This offers nothing like the clarity of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under Marin Alsop, nor the subtlety of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra under James Gaffigan (for one thing, Orozco-Estrada would do well to go easier on the bass). It’s not surprising, then, that the work’s emotional centre – the Adagio – comes across as rather generic.

And it’s no surprise, either, that the disc’s two filler pieces – Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances Op 72 No 3 and Op 46 No 8 – lack the crispness that should be a primary selling point. Yes, they’re energetic enough. But, on the whole, this is a foggy rendition, too inclined to make up in volume what it lacks in rhythmic punch.