Word: dvo
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Dvořák: Symphony No. 4 (Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York, Bruno Walter conducting; Columbia, 8 sides). Not as well known as the Fifth ("New World"), but, in Bruno Walter's hands, it has much of the same melodic sweep and power. Performance and recording: excellent...
...Dvořák: Quartet in C Major (Gordon String Quartet; Concert Hall Society, 8 sides). Dvořák was still under the influence of Beethoven and Schubert when he wrote this string quartet. Performance: good. Recording (on Vinylite): good...
...Dvořák: Symphony No. 1 in D (Cleveland Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf conducting; Columbia, 10 sides). Small wonder Brahms wrote to his publishers: "I took much pleasure in the works of Dvořák of Prague." This symphony, actually the sixth of Dvořák's nine, is largely a Brahmsian echo. Performance: good...
...Symphony (Sun. 5 p.m., NBC). Frank Black conducts Copland's Lincoln Portrait, Dvořák's From the New World...
Smetana: Quartet No. I ("From My Life") (Curtis String Quartet; Columbia: 7 sides) and Dvořák: Sextet in A Major (Budapest String Quartet, with John Moore, second cello, and Watson Forbes, second viola; Victor: 8 sides). Polka-dotted nostalgia by old Bohemia's greatest composers; the Dvořák for the first time on records...