Product Description
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
Widely acclaimed for their Naxos recordings of Dvo?iák's Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8 (8572112) and No. 9 'From the New World' with the Symphonic Variations (8570714), Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra here present his Symphony No. 6, which pays tribute both to Dvo?iák's mentor Brahms and to the rich folk music of his Bohemian homeland.
The Nocturne is an arrangement for string orchestra of the beautiful slow movement from his Fourth String Quartet.
Suggestive of a celebration of Nature, the Scherzo capriccioso is one of Dvo?iák's most masterful and colourful works, with a winning principal waltz theme.
"Alsop's approach to this sunniest of symphonic first movements [No. 6] is perky, well paced and appreciative of the music's many shifting perspectives. In the development section...the excellent Baltimore players bring their own quietly distinctive personalities to the various dialoguing lines...and there's plenty of energy in both the Scherzo and the finale" Gramophone Magazine, December 2010
"[No. 6] has a lovely lilting introductory theme, a slow movement of dream-like beauty and a boisterous Scherzo based on a Czech peasant dance, the idiom of which the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra captures with winning flair...This is easily the most impressive of Alsop's Dvorák cycle." Financial Times, 19th November 2010 ****
Gramophone Magazine
Editor's Choice - December 2010
Widely acclaimed for their Naxos recordings of Dvo?iák's Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8 (8572112) and No. 9 'From the New World' with the Symphonic Variations (8570714), Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra here present his Symphony No. 6, which pays tribute both to Dvo?iák's mentor Brahms and to the rich folk music of his Bohemian homeland.
The Nocturne is an arrangement for string orchestra of the beautiful slow movement from his Fourth String Quartet.
Suggestive of a celebration of Nature, the Scherzo capriccioso is one of Dvo?iák's most masterful and colourful works, with a winning principal waltz theme.
"Alsop's approach to this sunniest of symphonic first movements [No. 6] is perky, well paced and appreciative of the music's many shifting perspectives. In the development section...the excellent Baltimore players bring their own quietly distinctive personalities to the various dialoguing lines...and there's plenty of energy in both the Scherzo and the finale" Gramophone Magazine, December 2010
"[No. 6] has a lovely lilting introductory theme, a slow movement of dream-like beauty and a boisterous Scherzo based on a Czech peasant dance, the idiom of which the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra captures with winning flair...This is easily the most impressive of Alsop's Dvorák cycle." Financial Times, 19th November 2010 ****
Gramophone Magazine
Editor's Choice - December 2010
Tracklisting
1. Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60, B. 112: I. Allegro non tanto
2. Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60, B. 112: II. Adagio
3. Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60, B. 112: III. Scherzo: Presto
4. Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60, B. 112: IV. Finale: Allegro con spirito
5. Nocturne in B major, Op. 40, B. 47
6. Scherzo capriccioso, Op. 66, B. 131
2. Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60, B. 112: II. Adagio
3. Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60, B. 112: III. Scherzo: Presto
4. Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60, B. 112: IV. Finale: Allegro con spirito
5. Nocturne in B major, Op. 40, B. 47
6. Scherzo capriccioso, Op. 66, B. 131
