CD 79'08" DDD 1999/2001 8 tracks

“This beautiful performance deserves to win many new friends for Dvorák’s most Brahmsian symphony. Davis’s love of this music shines out of every bar.” (Gramophone)

“culminating in a towering account of the finale, which unlike many, here emerges as a fully satisfying conclusion”

“More successfully than any other recording, Davis captures the slow movement’s elusive heart of darkness.”

Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70 (1884-5) [39:57]

[1] I. Allegro maestoso 11:09

[2] II. Poco Adagio 11:20

[3] III. Scherzo. Vivace 7:40

[4] IV. Finale. Allegro 9:46

 

Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88 (1889) [39:05]

[5] I. Allegro con brio 10:02

[6] II. Adagio 11:19

[7] III. Allegretto grazioso – Molto Vivace 6:59

[8] IV. Allegro ma non troppo 10:44