STRAUSS, R.: Heldenleben (Ein) / DVORAK, A.: Symphony No. 9,
Orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:
Kempe, Rudolf
Composer:
Strauss, Richard
Composer:
Dvorak, Antonin
Playing Time: 01:30:00
Television Director:
Isted, Ron
Producer:
Large, Brian
Catalogue Number: ICAD5009
The ICA Classics Legacy series presents a collection of historic performances by some of the world's greatest artists. These performances are released on video for the first time, incorporating rare archive footage that has been expertly and lovingly restored.
Deeply-felt and masterful, Kempe's performance of Ein Heldenleben at the 1974 Prom concert was described by the critic Joan Chissell as winning him "a hero's ovation and rightly." She wrote that "no one now before the public is better able to transform Strauss from a plebeian into an aristocrat." The performance of Dvorak's "New World" Symphony one year later received equally glowing reviews and is an illuminating and compelling rendition of Dvorak's most popular symphony.
