℗ 1960 @ Artia Records
| Released | April 2, 1960 |
| Duration | 47m 35s |
| Record Label | Artia Records |
| Catalogue No. | 43NB4324AR |
| Genre | Classical (Romantic) |
Dvořák: Symphony No. 2 In B Flat Major
The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Václav Neumann
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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Symphony No. 2 In B Flat Major, Op. 4
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1.1
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I. Allegro con moto
Antonín Dvořák; The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Václav Neumann |
12:22 | |||
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1.2
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II. Poco adagio
Antonín Dvořák; The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Václav Neumann |
12:00 | |||
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1.3
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III. Scherzo. Allegro con brio
Antonín Dvořák; The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Václav Neumann |
12:23 | |||
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1.4
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IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco
Antonín Dvořák; The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Václav Neumann |
10:50 | |||
Artia Records presents a brand new digital remaster of this stunning legacy recording, featuring the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (led by Václav Neumann) performing Dvořák's Second Symphony!
The Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 4, B. 12 was composed by Antonín Dvořák between August and October 1865. Dvořák sent the score to be bound, but could not pay the binder, who kept the score. A friend of his, with whom he was sharing lodgings, Moric Anger, lent Dvořák the money to pay off the binder and retrieve his score. Later, when Anger asked for repayment of the debt, Dvořák was again unable to pay, so Anger took the score as security and only returned it when Dvořák retracted a previous threat to destroy it, something Anger had always advised against. In 1887 Dvořák revised the score, thinning out the rather dense orchestration.
It had its world premiere, and its sole performance during the composer's lifetime in March 1888, under Adolf Čech (who also premiered the 5th and 6th symphonies). It was generally well received.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Artia Records Studio Masters
Tracks 1-4 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-4 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.45 -1.83 to -1.23 | -21.50 -24.54 to -19.21 | -18.15 -21.70 to -15.90 | 12 10 to 14 | |
| 1 | I. Allegro con moto | -1.83 | -20.37 | -16.8 | 11 |
| 2 | II. Poco adagio | -1.30 | -24.54 | -21.7 | 14 |
| 3 | III. Scherzo. Allegro con brio | -1.45 | -21.89 | -18.2 | 12 |
| 4 | IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco | -1.23 | -19.21 | -15.9 | 10 |