EAST-CENTRAL EUROPEAN & BALKAN SYMPHONIES From the 19th Century to the Present A Discography of CDs and LPs Prepared by Michael Herman Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904, Czech) Born in Nelahozeves, near Kralupy, Bohemia. As a youth he was taught singing, the violin, organ and piano and at the Prague Organ School, he was taught continuo, harmony, modulation, the playing of chorales, improvising, and counterpoint and fugue. He began his professional career as a violist and a piano teacher. He soon began his career as a composer and went on to become his country's greatest romantic composer, excelling in every genre from opera to works for solo instruments and voices with an orchestral and chamber output of astonishing brilliance. He taught at the Prague Conservatory and went to New York for four years to take the post of artistic director and professor of composition at the National Conservatory of Music in America. Symphony No. 1 in C minor "The Bells of Zlonice" (1865) Ivan Anguelov/Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 and Czech Suite) OEHMS OC376 (5 CDs) (2005) Jiří Bělohlávek/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, Piano Concerto, Violin Concerto and Cello Concerto) DECCA 4786757 (6 CDs) (2014) Marcus Bosch/Nuremberg State Philharmonic Orchestra COVIELLO CLASSICS COV91718 (2017) Karel Mark Chichon/Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern ( + Rhapsody Op.14) HÄNSSLER CLASSIC HAEN 93330 (2015) Sir Andrew Davis/Philharmonia Orchestra (rec. 1980) ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, Serenade for Strings, Slavonic Dances, Op. 46, Scherzo Capriccioso, In Nature's Realm and Carnival Overtures) RCA RED SEAL 70830 (7 CDs) (2005) Stephen Gunzenhauser/Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Legends Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) NAXOS 8.550266 (1993) Neeme Järvi/Royal Scottish National Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9) CHANDOS CHAN 9991 (6 CDs) (2002) (original CD release: CHANDOS CHAN 8597) (1987) István Kertész/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3) DECCA DOUBLE DECKERS 466739-2 (2 CDs) (2002) (original LP release: DECCA SXL 6288/LONDON CS 6523) (1967) MusicWeb International Updated: August 2020 Dvořák Symphonies Zdeněk Košler/Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, The Wood Dove, The Water Goblin, The Noonday Witch, Symphonic Variations, Scherzo Capriccioso, Serenade for Strings and Carnival Overture) BRILLIANT CLASSICS 99565 (7 CDs) (2005) (original LP release: OPUS 91100993) (1980) Julian Kovatchev/Orchestra of the Verdi Theater, Trieste ( + Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3) REAL SOUND PRESTIGE RS 9530131 (3 CDs) (1995) Rafael Kubelik/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, Scherzo Capriccioso, The Wood Dove and Carnival Overture) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 463158-2 (1999) (original release: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2720 066 {9 LPs}) (1973) Zdeněk Mácal/Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonic Variations) KOSS KS 1024 (1998) Václav Neumann/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9) SUPRAPHON 1101621 (8 LPs) (1974) Václav Neumann/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3) SUPRAPHON SU 3703-2 (2 CDs) (2003) (original CD release: SUPRAPHON CO 2143) (1988) Václav Neumann/Prague Symphony Orchestra (included in collection: "Václav Neumann - Early Recordings") SUPRAPHON SU 4133-2 (6 CDs) (2014) (original LP release: SUPRAPHON LPV 370/ARTIA 140) (1960) Libor Pešek/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1987) ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, Czech Suite, American Suite, The Wood Dove, Scherzo Capriccioso, My Home, In Nature's Realm, Carnival and Othello Overtures) VIRGIN CLASSICS 561853-2 (8 CDs) (2000) Witold Rowicki/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 and Carnival, Othello, Hussites and My Home Overtures) DECCA COLLECTORS EDITION 4782296-2 (6 CDs) (2010) (original LP release: PHILIPS 6500 122) (1971) José Serebrier/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, Legends, 8 Slavonic Dances, Scherzo Capriccioso, Czech Suite and In Nature's Realm) WARNER CLASSICS 0825646132010 (7 CDs) (2015) Otmar Suitner/Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9) BERLIN CLASSICS 0300036BC (5 CDs) (2010) (original LP release: ETERNA 827424) (1982) MusicWeb International p2 Dvořák Symphonies Vladimír Válek/Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9) SUPRAPHON SU 3802-2 (6 CDs) (2004) Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 4 (1865) Ivan Anguelov/Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 and Czech Suite) OEHMS OC376 (5 CDs) (2005) Jiří Bělohlávek/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, Piano Concerto, Violin Concerto and Cello Concerto) DECCA 4786757 (6 CDs) (2014) Sir Andrew Davis/Philharmonia Orchestra (rec. 1981) ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, Serenade for Strings, Slavonic Dances, Op. 46, Scherzo Capriccioso, In Nature's Realm and Carnival Overtures) RCA RED SEAL 70830 (7 CDs) (2005) Stephen Gunzenhauser/Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Legends Nos. 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10) NAXOS 8.550267 (1994) Pietari Inkinen/Deutsche Radio Philharmonie ( + Armida Overture and Dramatic Overture) SWR MUSIC SWR19083CD (2019) Neeme Järvi/Royal Scottish National Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9) CHANDOS CHAN 9991 (6 CDs) (2002) (original CD release: CHANDOS CHAN 8599) (1987) István Kertész/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3) DECCA DOUBLE DECKERS 466739-2 (2 CDs) (2002) (original LP release: DECCA SXL 6289/LONDON CS 6524) (1967) Zdeněk Košler/Slovak Philharmonic OrchestraZden·k Košler/Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, The Wood Dove, The Water Goblin, The Noonday Witch, Symphonic Variations, Scherzo Capriccioso, Serenade for Strings and Carnival Overture) BRILLIANT CLASSICS 99565 (7 CDs) (2005) (original LP release: OPUS 91100994) (1980) Julian Kovatchev/Orchestra of the Verdi Theater, Trieste ( + Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3) REAL SOUND PRESTIGE RS 9530131 (3 CDs) (1995) Rafael Kubelik/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, Scherzo Capriccioso, The Wood Dove and Carnival Overture) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 463158-2 (1999) (original release: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2720 066 {9 LPs}) (1973) MusicWeb International p3 Dvořák Symphonies Zdeněk Mácal/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 6) EXTON EXCL-00003 (2007) Zdeněk Mácal/Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra ( + Scherzo Capriccioso) KOSS KS 1025 (1998) Václav Neumann/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9) SUPRAPHON 1101621 (8 LPs) (1974) Václav Neumann/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3) SUPRAPHON SU 3703-2 (2 CDs) (2003) (original CD release: SUPRAPHON CO 2253) (1988) Václav Neumann/Prague Symphony Orchestra (included in collection: "Václav Neumann - Early Recordings") SUPRAPHON SU 4133-2 (6 CDs) (2014) (original LP release: SUPRAPHON SUA 10025/ARTIA 141) (1960) Libor Pešek/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, Czech Suite, American Suite, The Wood Dove, Scherzo Capriccioso, My Home, In Nature's Realm, Carnival and Othello Overtures) VIRGIN CLASSICS 561853-2 (8 CDs) (2000) (original CD release: VIRGIN CLASSICS VC 545127-2) (1995) Witold Rowicki/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 and Carnival, Othello, Hussites and My Home Overtures) DECCA COLLECTORS EDITION 4782296-2 (6 CDs) (2010) (original LP release: PHILIPS 6500 123) (1971) José Serebrier/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra ( + Slavonic Dances Nos. 3, 5 and 14) WARNER CLASSICS 2564645276 (2013) ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, Legends, 8 Slavonic Dances, Scherzo Capriccioso, Czech Suite and In Nature's Realm) WARNER CLASSICS 0825646132010 (7 CDs) (2015) Marek Štryncl/Musica Florea ARTA F10220 (2017) Otmar Suitner/Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9) BERLIN CLASSICS 0300036BC (5 CDs) (2010) (original LP release: ETERNA 827425) (1982) Vladimír Válek/Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9) SUPRAPHON SU 3802-2 (6 CDs) (2004) Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 10 (1873) MusicWeb International p4 Dvořák Symphonies Ivan Anguelov/Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 and Czech Suite) OEHMS OC376 (5 CDs) (2005) Jiří Bělohlávek/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, Piano Concerto, Violin Concerto and Cello Concerto) DECCA 4786757 (6 CDs) (2014) Marcus Bosch/Nuremberg State Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 7) COVIELLO CLASSICS 31212 (2012) Myung-Whun Chung/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 7) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 449207-2 (1997) Sir Andrew Davis/Philharmonia Orchestra (rec. 1979) ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, Serenade for Strings, Slavonic Dances, Op. 46, Scherzo Capriccioso, In Nature's Realm and Carnival Overtures) RCA RED SEAL 70830 (7 CDs) (2005) Stephen Gunzenhauser/Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 6) NAXOS 8.550268 (1992) Neeme Järvi/Royal Scottish National Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9) CHANDOS CHAN 9991 (6 CDs) (2002) (original CD release: CHANDOS CHAN 8575) (1988) István Kertész/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3) DECCA DOUBLE DECKERS 466739-2 (2 CDs) (2002) (original LP release: DECCA SXL 6290/LONDON CS 6525) (1967) Zdeněk Košler/Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, The Wood Dove, The Water Goblin, The Noonday Witch, Symphonic Variations, Scherzo Capriccioso, Serenade for Strings and Carnival Overture) BRILLIANT CLASSICS 99565 (7 CDs) (2005) (original LP release: OPUS 91100874) (1979) Julian Kovatchev/Orchestra of the Verdi Theater, Trieste ( + Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2) REAL SOUND PRESTIGE RS 9530131 (3 CDs) (1995) Rafael Kubelik/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos.