Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, Reiner (SACD)

“Fritz Reiner’s lithe interpretation of Antonín Dvořák’s Ninth Symphony (From the New World) still stands the test of time and remains one of the finest conducted and played accounts of this popular score . . . Likewise, Bedřich Smetana’s The Bartered Bride Overture is given an urgent, brisk and breezy interpretation with the translucent CSO strings producing feather light playing and Reiner conducting with an appropriate urgent incisiveness and jaunty swagger.” — MusicWeb International

Fritz Reiner leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in an iconic reading of Dvořák’s New World Symphony alongside works by fellow Czech composers Bedřich Smetana and Jaromír Weinberger.

Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 (From the New World)
1957, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Dvořák Carnival Overture
1956, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Smetana The Bartered Bride Overture
1955, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Weinberger Schwanda, the Bagpipe Player, “Polka and Fugue”
1956, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Discs: 1
Record Label: RCA
Release Date: January 25, 2005