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| November 01, 2001 | Puccio, John | COPYRIGHT 2001 Sensible Sound. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 8 and 9. Ivan Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra. Philips 289 464 640-2.

Clearly, I'm jaded. Any new recording of something so popular as Dvorak's "New World" Symphony has got to be pretty special to make a dent in my well-established hierarchy of favorites. I'm afraid that even so distinguished a crew as Ivan Fischer and his Budapest Festival Orchestra couldn't quite do that.

Fischer's new Philips release of the Ninth goes along without a snag; fact is, I can't fault it on any grounds. It's just that compared to the company of Kertesz (Decca), Kondrashin (Decca), Reiner (RCA), Horenstein (Chesky), Macal (EMI Classics for Pleasure), Neumann (Denon), and Kubelik (DG), Fischer sounds rather ordinary. The performance is not without spirit, however, and its accompanying work, the Eighth Symphony, is even more invigorating. Indeed, if it weren't for price, I'd recommend this disc for the latter piece alone. In the Eighth Fischer well captures ...

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