Dvorak’s New World Symphony is counted among the most
successful and distinctive symphonies ever written and it loses none of
its drama or appeal on repeated playing. Inspired by American spirituals
and Henry Longfellow’s epic poem The Song of Hiawatha, this
infectiously tuneful work with its brilliantly colourful orchestration
and rhythmic verve has its creative wellspring in Dvorak’s own
homesickness. It was condescendingly described by his critics as a
“Czech composer’s impression of the country” but its qualities were
never in doubt and its inventiveness and warmth radiate from every page.
From beautiful, wistful melodies, to unfettered exuberance and
glorious, sustained climaxes, this extraordinary symphony has it all.
This is Orozco-Estrada’s fifth recording for PENTATONE. His earlier
discs of Dvorák symphonies were described as “Vivid and colourful,
overall well balanced” (Pizzicato) “an interpretation full of
theatricality, with a sure sense of the monumental” (Gramophone).
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