COMPOSERS: Brahms,Dvorak
LABELS: Decca
WORKS: Brahms: Symphony No. 3; Dvorák: Symphony No. 8
PERFORMER: Vienna PO/Herbert von Karajan
CATALOGUE NO: 478 2661
Karajan’s superb reading of the Dvorák is the winner here with every detail of this volatile score superbly realised. The Brahms, apart from a radiant slow movement, is almost tentative by comparison. Jan Smaczny