Friday 4 May 2007

Strange How it Works Out

It's early in this random trek but already a second cd featuring the Cleveland Orchestra. I'm not absolutely certain but they may be the only two cd's featuring them that I have. Just the way it's worked out. This one has the two suites of Slavonic Dances by Dvorak with George Szell. More melodies than you can shake a stick at, even if it does veer pretty close to what we now call light music. Dvorak creates his melodies in the style of Bohemian folk music but isn't thought to quote directly from any known tunes, as he didn't with his New World symphony when in the US using native American and spiritual influences ( more when I eventually get around to that cd. )

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