Browse: Orchestral, Overtures, Smetana (composer)

This is a superb disc. There have been distinguished collections of Smetana's symphonic poems but none quite to compare with this in excitement, richness of detail and, in the case of Wallenstein's... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Szell later re-recorded almost all the repertoire, but it’s fascinating to hear the partnership when their much-vaunted precision was well in progress, if not immaculate...Best of all are Schumann’s... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

…the lyrical tragedy Dalibor, a great hymn to friendship, is rarely performed outside his homeland, and even there, relatively few will ever see Libuše, the story of Bohemia's legendary prophetess-queen,... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The performances are of a superfine brilliance, energy and affection, making it invidious to single out this or that special success or the individual triumphs of wind, brass or strings… beautifully... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2008 More…