Fanfare, May 1st, 2007
DVORÁK Requiem * Václav Neumann, cond; Gabriela Benacková (sop); Ida Kirilová (alt); Josef Protschka (ten); Ludek Vele (bs); Prague P Ch; Czech PO * ARTHAUS 102 063 (DVD: 97:00)
Dvorák's Requiem, though greatly anticipated and apparently well received, never secured a spot on the A-list of Romantic Requiems, currently comprised of those by Mozart, Berlioz, Verdi, Brahms (with an asterisk), and Fauré. Why not? It has its admirers, but I would argue that it is an uneven work with passages of great beauty and a number of stirring climaxes, but also with declamatory sections that are not as...
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