演奏：维也纳爱乐乐团 (Wiener Philharmoniker)
指挥：卡拉扬 (Herbert von Karajan)

金装卡拉扬系列。
这张唱片收录德沃夏克《第九交响曲》和斯美塔纳《我的祖国》。
德沃夏克的《E小调第九交响曲》（自新大陆）灵感源自创业时代的美国，体现了意气勃发的朝气。整部乐曲结构完整，配器丰富，音效丰满，是交响曲这一体裁中口碑极佳的一部伟大作品。四个乐章形象各异，精彩绝伦，均是经常在音乐会上单独演奏的名曲。
卡拉扬指挥的这个版本，不再像柏林爱乐版中那样德国味十足，代之以优雅的维也纳乐风。“企鹅”评价三星保留一星，并得到日本“究极百大”榜单与日本《唱片艺术》名曲三百共同推荐。

德沃夏克：《第九交响曲“自新大陆”》，《奥赛罗》序曲/阿巴多指挥柏林爱乐乐团。
指挥大师阿巴多以热情、充满歌唱性的指挥风格著称，对音乐的织体层次把握得非常好。这款演奏具有超级的水平和让人难以抗拒的魅力。阿巴多对这部作品的整体处理具有宏伟的布局和清晰的线条，音乐的情感对比强烈、煽情，理智当中蕴涵着火热的激情。

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For decades, there were only three complete collections of Dvorák's symphonies: this one; Rowicki's with the same orchestra; and Kubelik's with the Berlin Philharmonic. Kertész offers the most rustic, gutsy interpretations of all. Famous for his dislike of rehearsals, he allows the London Symphony to make a much rougher sound than his colleagues tolerate, and though not the last word in polish, the results have a spontaneous charm that's pretty hard to resist. More to the point, Dvorák's early symphonies (Nos. 1 to 5) remain sadly neglected, and each one of them is full of gorgeous tunes cloaked in mellifluous orchestration. At budget price, this set now costs less than it did on LP in the 1960s. How can you do better than that? --David Hurwitz