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The Music => Recordings & Broadcasts => Topic started by: Alan Howe on Monday 20 June 2022, 13:48

Title: Voříšek Symphony from Blomstedt
Post by: Alan Howe on Monday 20 June 2022, 13:48
Unless I've missed something, this release seems to have escaped us:
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9328950--mozart-symphony-no-38-prague-vo-isek-symphony-in-d-major

To me it's a real eye-opener to hear the Voříšek Symphony played by one of the world's great orchestras under Blomstedt. They really raise the stature of the piece. Shame about the coupling, but there we are...
Title: Re: Voříšek Symphony from Blomstedt
Post by: semloh on Monday 22 August 2022, 07:51
Goodness me, yes, it lifts the Voříšek symphony to a new level in my view. I see the logic of choosing the Mozart for comparison purposes, but there are so many interesting alternatives that  it was surely a lost opportunity. Still, one can't carp over a fine Mozart symphony!
Title: Re: Voříšek Symphony from Blomstedt
Post by: Pyramus on Monday 21 August 2023, 17:35
I have the Voříšek symphony coupled with the Arriaga by MacKerras - appropriate I suppose as these are two composers who promised much but died very young.
Title: Re: Voříšek Symphony from Blomstedt
Post by: Alan Howe on Monday 21 August 2023, 18:50
Mackerras is great; Blomstedt makes it sound 'bigger'.