Browse: Dvořák - Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88

These accounts are quite magnificent, and their claims on the allegiance of collectors remain strong. Their freshness and vigour remind one of what it was like to hear these symphonies for the... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

the early symphonies sound as if they are ingrained into the Czech musicians’ DNA...The playing throughout has a transparency, with wonderfully woody woodwinds, and Belohlavek’s affectionate... — Sunday Times, 17th August 2014 More…

Dudamel’s performance of the Seventh’s first movement has marvellous lucidity, and the playing of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, excellently recorded, reflects every nuance of the score…[No. 9]... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Mackerras extols the Czech Philharmonic’s “national” sound. And that’s what we get, with rustic woodwinds, the brass a little tart, and passionate, light-fingered strings. Nothing is bland...they... — The Times, 17th December 2010 More…

Care for detail is apparent...[Alsop's] sense of line is at its most impressive in the way in which the slow movement is sustained and the unfolding of the joyous second theme in the finale...as... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The CD transfers are of Decca's best quality, full-bodied and vivid...his readings give us fresh insights into these often inspired works...a magnificent memorial to a conductor who died sadly... — Penguin Guide, 2010 edition, 2 out of 4 stars/1 out of 4 stars More…

Kubelik's set...has much to recommend it, first and foremost being the glorious playing of the Berlin Philharmonic and the naturally idiomatic warmth Kubelik brings to his music-making — Penguin Guide, 2010 edition, 2 out of 4 stars/3 out of 4 stars More…