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Strauss, Dvořák and Glazunov album review – packs a dramatic punch

Jakub Hrůša’s absorbing treatment gives life to three late-19th-century works reflecting on the notion of heroism

The Guardian - UK

Prague Symphony Orchestra /Brauner/Montero review – tragic mood painting, emphatic force and disarming improvisation

A welcome return for this orchestra and their conductor saw a beautifully spooky Dvořák and a blazing Shostakovich, while soloist Montero imposed herself on Prokofiev and riffed on Beethoven

The Guardian - UK

A moment that changed me: I was loving life as a cellist – then something snapped in my arm

As a teenager with a scholarship to a prestigious music school, I was looking forward to a future playing Dvořák, Shostakovich and Elgar. Then came the injury that shattered my dreams

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Prom 49: Czech Philharmonic/Hrůša/Kobekina review – impassioned playing of Dvořák and less well known Suk

Conductor Jakub Hrůša, who takes over next year at the Royal Opera, balanced Dvořák’s Cello Concerto with his son-in-law Suk’s uncompromising grief-filled work

The Guardian - UK

Proms Newport review – fresh, direct accounts of Bloch and Dvořák

The programmme, which also included Iranian classical and jazz music, was played from memory, bringing a refreshing sense of spontaneity

The Guardian - UK

Rusalka review – junk-filled staging brings magic and a sombre message

Ann Yee and Natalie Abrahami’s thoughtful and effective new production shapes Dvorák’s opera into a tale of mankind versus nature. A first-rate cast is matched by Semyon Bychkov in the pit

The Guardian - UK

Philharmonia/Hrůša review – genteel beginnings cede to compelling drama

If his Dvořák felt a little bland, with Bartók and Strauss’s Dance of the Seven Veils, the Royal Opera’s music director designate gave London audiences a glimpse of the vivid excitement he can bring

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Dvořák: Poetic Tone Pictures review – brilliant, skittish, fairytale gems brought to light

Dvořák’s collection of miniatures is surprisingly little known. This enchanting new recording reveals a composer fascinated by the small complexities of the world around him

The Guardian - UK

WNO/Hanus review – players with an instinct to make every line sing

On the concert platform, Welsh National Opera’s orchestral musicians brought lyricism and exactitude Britten, Mahler and Janáček, while mezzo Jana Kurucová gave a glowing, sensitive rendition of Dvořák’s Biblical Songs

The Guardian - UK

Philharmonia/Rouvali/Levit review – secure and clear-sighted Beethoven

The Emperor Concerto – at the centrepiece of this Philharmonia concert – became a moving tribute to the late Lars Vogt, and Anna Clyne’s lively triptych Color Field and Dvořák’s Seventh offered much to admire

The Guardian - UK

Renée Fleming/LPO review – superstar soprano is unforgettable

This ‘gala evening’ with Fleming was breathtakingly intimate, though the London Philharmonic, under Enrique Mazzola, deserved equal credit in this strange programme of Dvořák, Verdi and Strauss

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Così fan tutte; Czech Philharmonic/CBSO Chorus/Bychkov

Coliseum, London; Barbican, LondonENO’s fizzy production of Mozart’s masterpiece lands well in dark times, while a Czech performance of Janáček and Dvořák summons life-affirming spirit

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