Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 8/The Golden Spinning Wheel

On this CD:

1. Symphony No. 8 in G major (first published as No. 4), B. 163 (Op.88)
Composed by Antonin Dvorak
Performed by Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Jiri Belohlavek

2. The Golden Spinning Wheel (Zlatý kolovrat), symphonic poem, B. 197 (Op. 109)
Composed by Antonin Dvorak
Performed by Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Jiri Belohlavek

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
What a frustrating disc! The performance of the Eighth is really lovely, and it's beautifully recorded too. Unfortunately, Jiri Belohlávek makes a "traditional" (which means utterly unjustified and uncalled for) cut in the symphonic poem. Granted the piece does repeat the section in question three times, but that's the whole point of the story, after all; Dvorák could just as easily have written the music out once if that was what he wanted. Since there are lots of better choices for this music (Rafael Kubelík, for example, in both works), this disc makes no particular claims on your time or your wallet. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

breakdown by cd........2007-01-14

CD1-7:SYMPHONIES 1-9

CD8:PIANO CONCERTO

CD9:VIOLIN CONCERTO & CELLO CONCERTO

CD10-11:REQUIEM

CD12-13:STABAT MATER

CD14:PIANO TRIOS OP.90 "DUMKY" & 21

CD15:PIANO TRIOS OP.65 & 26

CD16:PIANO QUARTETS

CD17:PIANO QUINTETS

CD18:STRING QUINTETS

CD19-20:MUSIC FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO

C21:SERENADE/HAUSMUSIK

CD22-31:THE COMPLETE STRING QUARTETS

CD32:SLAVONIC DANCES OP.46 & 72

CD33:PIANO DUET SLAVONIC DANCES

CD34:PIANO DUET LEGENDS FROM THE BOHEMIAN FOREST

CD35:PIANO WORKS

CD36-37:RUSALKA

CD38-40:SYMPHONIC POEMS

I'm not a music expert.......2005-08-25

I don't know too much about music. I own over 700 cds, but I don't play music and I don't have much experience with this music. My only point of reference was the ninth symphony, seeing as every other piece in this box set was new to me. It sounds fine, nothing wrong with it as far as I can see.

Now, here's what you'll get in this box set, seeing as Amazon does not give it a description. 40 cds! no joke, you get 40 cds in this box set. It features:
1. Complete symphonies
2. Complete symphonic poems
3. Cello concerto
4. Piano concerto
5. Violin concerto
6. Requiem
7. Stabat Mater
8. Slavonic Dances
9. Complete String quartets
10. Chamber music
11. Piano Works (solo and duet)
12. Rusalka

As far as I can tell, the only things missing are The Spectre's Bride and Jacobin. Seeing as it is 40 cds, i have not had an opportunity to listen to it, however what i have heard i have been quite satisfied with.

Dvorák: The Complete Published Orchestral Works

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20 Hours of Dvorak at a Bargain Price

Dvorák: The Complete Published Orchestral Works

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Tracks:

Allegro
Adagio Molto
Allegretto
Finale: Allegreto
Allegretto
Molto Moderato
Allegro Giusto
Molto Maestoso
Allegro Giusto

Tracks:

Allegretto
Poco Adagio
Scherzo: Allegro Con Brio
Finale: Allegreto Con Fuoco
Allegro Con Moto
Allegretto Grazioso
Un Poco Allegretto E Grazioso
Andante Con Moto
Andante

Tracks:

Allegro Moderato
Adagio Molto, Temp Di Marcia
Allegro Vivace
Allegro Non Tanto
Adagio
Scherzo: Furiant: Presto
Finale: Allegro Con Spirito

Tracks:

Allegro
Andante Sostenuto E Molto Cantabile
Scherzo: Allegro Feroce
Finale: Allegro Con Brio
Allegro Con Brio
Adagio
Allegretto Grazioso - Molto Vivace
Allegro, Ma Non Troppo

Tracks:

Allegro, Ma Non Troppo
Andante, Con Moto
Andante Con Moto, Quasi L'istesso Tempo - Allegro Scherzando
Finale: Allegro Molto
Allegro Maestoso
Poco Adagio
Scherzo Vivace - Poco Meno Mosso
Finale: Allegro

Tracks:

Adagio- Allegro Molto
Largo
olto Vivace
Allegro Con Fuoco
Sumphonic Variations, Op. 78

Tracks:

Allegro Agitato - Jeno Jando
Andante Sostenuto
Allegro Con Fuoco
The Water Goblin, Symphonic Poem, Op. 107

Tracks:

Allegro Ma Non Troppo - Ilya Kaler
Adagio Ma Non Troppo - Ilya Kaler
Allegro Giocoso, Ma Non Troppo - Ilya Kaler
Romance For Violin And Orchestra In F Minor, Op. 11 - Ilya Kaler
Mazurka For Violin And Orchestra, Op. 49 - Alexander Trostianski

Tracks:

Allegro - Maria Kliegel
Adagio Ma Non Troppo - Maria Kliegel
Finale: Allegro Moderato - Andante - Allegro Vivo - Maria Kliegel
Walderuhe For Cello And Orchestra, Op. 68/5 - Dmitry Yablonsky
Rondo For Cello And Orchestra, Op. 94 - Dmitry Yablonsky

Tracks:

No. 1 In C Major
No. 2 In E Minor
No. 3 In A Flat Major
No. 4 In F Major
No. 5 In A Major
No. 6 In D Major
No. 7 In C Minor
No. 8 In G Minor
No. 1 In B Major
No. 2 In E Minor
No. 3 In F Major
No. 4 In D Flat Major
No. 5 In B Flat Minor
No. 6 In B Flat Major
No. 7 In C Major
No. 8 In A Flat Major

Tracks:

Rhapsody, Op. 14
No. 1
No. 2
No. 3

Tracks:

The Noon Witch, Op. 108
The Golden Spinning-Wheel, Op. 109
The Wild Dove, Op. 110

Tracks:

Moderato
Tempo Di Valse
Scherzo: Vivace
Larghetto
ale: Allegro Vivace
Moderato, Quasi Marcia - Oslo Philharmonic Wind Soloists
Minuetto - Oslo Philharmonic Wind Soloists
Andante Con Moto - Oslo Philharmonic Wind Soloists
Allegro Molto - Oslo Philharmonic Wind Soloists
Notturno In B Major, Op. 40
Five Prague Waltzes
Polka In B Flat Major, Op. 53 A / 1

Tracks:

I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
Preludium (Pastorale)
Polka
Sousedska (Minuetto)
Romance (Romanza)
Fineal (Furiant)
Andante Con Moto
Adagio
onderato (Alla Polacca)
Andante
Allegro
Polonaise In E Flat Major
Festival March, Op. 54

Tracks:

King And Charcoal Burner, Overture
Prelude To Act 1
Prelude To Act 2
Ballet Music From Act 3
Overture
Prelude To Act 2
Infernal Dance From Act 2
Prelude To Act 3
Overture
Polonaise
Dmitrij, Overture
Armida, Overture

Tracks:

Vanda (Overture), Op. 25
In Nature's Realm (Overture), Op. 91
Carnival (Overture), Op. 92
Othello (Overture), Op. 93
My Home (Overture), Op. 62

Tracks:

Hussite Overture, Op. 67
Selma Seklak Overture, Op. 37
Dramatic Overture, Op. Posth
Scherzo Capriccioso, Op. 66
A Hero's Son, Op. 111

Customer Reviews:

20 Hours of Dvorak at a Bargain Price.......2004-08-03

This 17-CD set collects together in one box all the published orchestral works of Antonin Dvorak. It's neatly done: each CD is in a paper envelope and there is a 51-page booklet (with knowledgable and helpful notes for each disc) all fitted into a cardboard box no thicker than that ordinarily used for a two-CD opera recording. All this music has been issued previously on separate discs or sets by Naxos and most of it is, if I'm not mistaken, still available that way. But this collection is one easy way to scoop up all of Dvorak's orchestral music at once. There is much music here that is almost never heard, certainly not in the concert hall and even on CD. For instance, I cannot recall ever seeing a recording (and I know I've never heard in performance) Dvorak's 'Intermezzi.' And the rarely-heard 'Legends' are nicely done here by Stephen Gunzenhauser and the Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Of course, the name of the orchestra tells you something: some of these performances were recorded before the breakup of Czechoslovakia into Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Yes, some of the recordings go back to the late 1980s. No matter - the sound is quite acceptable throughout.

There are numerous participants in these recordings, many of them orchestras in the Czecho-Slovak area, as well as the Polish National Radio Orchestra, the Russian Philharmonic and even London's Royal Philharmonic (in a smashing performance, with Maria Kliegel, sure one of our best current cellists, in the Cello Concerto). Conductors include Gunzenhauser, Antoni Wit, Camilla Kolchinsky, Dmitry Yablonsky, Michael Halasz, Zdenek Kosler, Libor Pesek, and Robert Stankovksy.

Obviously one wouldn't buy this set for the most familiar Dvorak pieces - the 'New World' Symphony, the Cello Concerto, the Slavonic Dances - if that was all one was interested in. There are too many fine performances of those already on the market. But how many of you have recordings of poorly known but top-drawer works like the 'Czech Suite,' the 'American Suite,' (it is fashionable to dismiss this suite, but it's actually one of Dvorak's best), or some of the orchestral music from his many operas--overtures to 'King and Charcoal Burner,' 'The Jacobin,' 'Kate and the Devil,' 'Rusalka'? All of these, and more, are here. I recently returned from a trip and the only music I took along was this box of Dvorak. I never got sated, or bored, by it.

I was also quite taken by the performance of one of my favorite pieces by Dvorak, his 'Wind Serenade,' here played by the Oslo Philharmonic Wind Soloists. And there are marvelous performances by Gunzenhauser and the Polish NRSO of 'The Noon Witch,' 'The Golden Spinning Wheel,' and (a particular favorite of mine) 'The Wild Dove.'

And then there's the super-bargain Naxos price. This is an easy recommendation for the music lover in the market for this specific collection of music.

Scott Morrison

Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 8/The Golden Spinning Wheel

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A beautiful performance of a favourite symphony.

Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 8/The Golden Spinning Wheel

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ASIN: B000000AP5
Release Date: 1994-07-27

Tracks:

Symphony No. 8 In G Major, Op. 88: I. Allegro con brio
Symphony No. 8 In G Major, Op. 88: II. Adagio
Symphony No. 8 In G Major, Op. 88: III. Allegretto grazioso
Symphony No. 8 In G Major, Op. 88: IV. Allegro ma non troppo
The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109: Allegro ma non troppo

Amazon.com

What a frustrating disc! The performance of the Eighth is really lovely, and it's beautifully recorded too. Unfortunately, Jiri Belohlávek makes a "traditional" (which means utterly unjustified and uncalled for) cut in the symphonic poem. Granted the piece does repeat the section in question three times, but that's the whole point of the story, after all; Dvorák could just as easily have written the music out once if that was what he wanted. Since there are lots of better choices for this music (Rafael Kubelík, for example, in both works), this disc makes no particular claims on your time or your wallet. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

A beautiful performance of a favourite symphony........1999-07-18

There have been many recordings of Dvorak's Eighth Symphony over the years, several of them by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Vaclav Talich, the conductor who made the orchestra great, recorded this symphony twice, in the thirties and again in the early fifties, and amongst his successors Vaclav Neumann in the sixties, Jiri Belohlavek in the early nineties and Vladimir Ashkenazy more recently have recorded it.

Tracks:

Sym No.8 in G, Op.88: Allegro Con Brio
Sym No.8 in G, Op.88: Adagio
Sym No.8 in G, Op.88: Allegretto Grazioso
Sym No.8 in G, Op.88: Finale. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op.109 - LPO/Alexander Rahbari

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Dvorak: Orchestral Works

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Tracks:

Sym No.7 in d, Op.70: Allegro - BRTN PO Brussels/Alexander Rahbari
Sym No.7 in d, Op.70: Poco Adagio - BRTN PO Brussels/Alexander Rahbari
Sym No.7 in d, Op.70: Scherzo. Vivace - BRTN PO Brussels/Alexander Rahbari
Sym No.7 in d, Op.70: Finale. Allegro - BRTN PO Brussels/Alexander Rahbari
Slavonic Dances: No.1 - Slovak Radio New PO Bratislava/Alexander Rahbari
Slavonic Dances: No.8 in g, Op.46 - Slovak Radio New PO Bratislava/Alexander Rahbari
Slavonic Dances: No.10 in e, Op.72 - Slovak Radio New PO Bratislava/Alexander Rahbari
Slavonic Dances: No.15 in C, Op.72 - Slovak Radio New PO Bratislava/Alexander Rahbari

Tracks:

Sym No.8 in G, Op.88: Allegro Con Brio - BRTN PO Brussels/Alexander Rahbari
Sym No.8 in G, Op.88: Adagio - BRTN PO Brussels/Alexander Rahbari
Sym No.8 in G, Op.88: Allegretto Grazioso - BRTN PO Brussels/Alexander Rahbari
Sym No.8 in G, Op.88: Finale. Allegro Ma Non Troppo - BRTN PO Brussels/Alexander Rahbari
The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op.109 - LPO/Alexander Rahbari

Tracks:

Sym No.9 in 3, Op.95 (From The New World): Adagio-Allegro Molto - BRTN PO Brussels/Alexander Rahbari
Sym No.9 in 3, Op.95 (From The New World): Largo - BRTN PO Brussels/Alexander Rahbari
Sym No.9 in 3, Op.95 (From The New World): Scherzo. Molto Vivace - BRTN PO Brussels/Alexander Rahbari
Sym No.9 in 3, Op.95 (From The New World): Finale. Allegro Con Fuoco - BRTN PO Brussels/Alexander Rahbari
The Wild Dove, Op.110 - LPO/Alexander Rahbari

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