Talich Special Edition 1 - Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra;
Talich, Vaclav

SU 3821-2

The exuberant start of a special edition dedicated to a conducting legend of the 20th century-Václav Talich.
16 Slavonic Dances in an extraordinary interpretation by Václav Talich and the Czech Philharmonic from the historic 1950 Supraphon recording.
A version which established the interpretational tradition of the Slavonic Dances, admired in its time and still magical today.
Talich's Dvořák not as "a musician who writes dance music, but as a poet of rhythm."
The eight Slavonic Dances from 1878 (originally for piano, four hands) were one of Dvořák's first steps towards world renown. "A divine naturalness flows through this music. Not a trace of anything mechanical or forced," wrote one critic. Dvořák wrote an additional eight dances in 1886 when he was already a famous composer, and later orchestrated both sets.

CD

Muzyka klasyczna

Supraphon

22-07-2005

099925382124