Streaming Classical Dvorak Symphonies 7 8 9

Streaming Classical Music (2): Full Concerts of Dvorak Symphonies 7-9 in HD

Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, From the New World, is a warhorse deservedly beloved by audience all over.  The second movement, a largo, has the most meltingly beautiful melody. Even non-classical listeners may know the tune via the song "Going Home" (which we sang in middle school in HK). Paul Robeson included it in his 1958 Carnegie Hall Concert.





Comparatively less often played, Dvorak's Symphonies 7 and 8 are actually masterpieces on the same exalted level. I never tire of any of them.

My first 8th is Bruno Walter on Columbia Odyssey, still a favorite! This performance by Manfred Honeck is superb  (this one is for some reason only 720p)!



As for the 7th, many regard it as the best constructed of the three. Here is the under-rated Peter Oundjian, former first violinist of the Tokyo String Quartet.