Symphonies Nos, 7, 8, : Alsop / Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Antonin Dvorak:
Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70, B. 141
Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, B. 163

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra / Marin Alsop, conductor

Recorded live at Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, USA,
from 10th to 13th January, 2008 (No. 8), and from 19th to 22nd March, 2009 (No. 7)

“It is rare to be able to say that a performance forces one to listen to a work anew, but this is exactly what Alsop’s reading achieves. Excellently recorded... this is a superb issue all round” (BBC Music Magazine on Dvorak’s New World Symphony, 8.570714).

In these live recordings from Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore, Dvorak’s most darkly dramatic and passionate symphony, the Seventh, is coupled with his Eighth, notable for its dramatic contrasts, Bohemian lyricism, and a seemingly spontaneous flow of thematic ideas. ( NAXOS )