COMPOSERS: Dvorak
LABELS: Brilliant
WORKS: Stabat Mater; Serenade for Strings
PERFORMER: Prague Philharmonic Chorus & O/Václav Smetácek; ECO/Rafael Kubelík
CATALOGUE NO: 94081
Dvorák’s large and infrequently performed setting combines a sense of drama with a heightened sense of personal grief. Smetácek retains the work’s spirit. George Hall