BBC Music Magazine 3 stars

The release of this multi-channel hybrid SACD, featuring a live performance of Dvorák's beloved New World symphony, marked both the inauguration of Mariss Jansons as chief conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the debut of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra’s new independent label RCO Live in September 2004.
The combination of the famous acoustics of the glorious Main Hall of the Concertgebouw, the rich sound and intense playing of the orchestra and Mariss Jansons’ warm, emotive interpretation of Dvorák's masterpiece sets the standard for what turned out to be one of the most exciting new labels to come along in years.
Recorded live at Concertgebouw Amsterdam on 6 June 2003.

数々の世界的な名門楽団の首席指揮者を務めてきた西本智実が、2008年10月にブダペスト・フィルハーモニー管弦楽団と行った演奏会の模様をDVD化。チャイコフスキーの「ロメオとジュリエット」「イタリア奇想曲」など、名曲の数々を収録予定。

《巨星的汇合》是SA-CD.NET五星推介，大提琴巨星威斯帕维（Pieter Wispelwey）首度与大师级指挥伊凡.费沙尔（Ivan Fischer）携手合作，配合世界极负盛名的布达佩斯节日乐团（Budapest Festival Orchestra），合奏出作曲巨匠德沃夏克（Antonin Dvorak）的作品重量级的组合，加上SACD发烧录音效果，将充满澎湃的现场真实感完全显现，让你能亲耳体验这股震撼力！

01 Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B Minor, Op. 104: I. Allegro Pieter Wispelwey, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer 15:15
02 Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B Minor, Op. 104: II. Adagio ma non troppo Pieter Wispelwey, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer 11:46
03 Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B Minor, Op. 104: III. Finale - Allegro moderato Pieter Wispelwey, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer 13:27
04 Symphonic Variations for Orchestra on "I Am Fiddler", Op. 78, B. 66/3: Thema Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra 0:37
05 Symphonic Variations for Orchestra on "I Am Fiddler", Op. 78, B. 66/3: Variation 1 Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra 0:30
06 Symphonic Variations for Orchestra on "I Am Fiddler", Op. 78, B. 66/3: Variation 2 Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra 0:31
07 Symphonic Variations for Orchestra on "I Am Fiddler", Op. 78, B. 66/3: Variation 3 Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra 0:29
08 Symphonic Variations for Orchestra on "I Am Fiddler", Op. 78, B. 66/3: Variation 4 Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra 0:32
09 Symphonic Variations for Orchestra on "I Am Fiddler", Op. 78, B. 66/3: Variation 5 Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra 0:21
10 Symphonic Variations for Orchestra on "I Am Fiddler", Op. 78, B. 66/3: Variation 6 Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra 0:45
11 Symphonic Variations for Orchestra on "I Am Fiddler", Op. 78, B. 66/3: Variation 7 Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra 0:30
12 Symphonic Variations for Orchestra on "I Am Fiddler", Op. 78, B. 66/3: Variation 8 Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra 0:46
13 Symphonic Variations for Orchestra on "I Am Fiddler", Op. 78, B. 66/3: Variation 9 Iván Fischer, Pieter Wispelwey 0:27
14 Symphonic Variations for Orchestra on "I Am Fiddler", Op. 78, B. 66/3: Variation 10 Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra 0:24
15 Symphonic Variations for Orchestra on "I Am Fiddler", Op. 78, B. 66/3: Variation 11 Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra 0:51
16 Symphonic Variations for Orchestra on "I Am Fiddler", Op. 78, B. 66/3: Variation 12 Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra 0:44
17 Symphonic Variations for Orchestra on "I Am Fiddler", Op. 78, B. 66/3: Variation 13 Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra 0:25
18 Symphonic Variations for Orchestra on "I Am Fiddler", Op. 78, B. 66/3: Variation 14 Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra 0:53
19 Symphonic Variations for Orchestra on "I Am Fiddler", Op. 78, B. 66/3: Variation 15 Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra 0:54
20 Symphonic Variations for Orchestra on "I Am Fiddler", Op. 78, B. 66/3: Variation 16 Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra 0:16
21 Symphonic Variations for Orchestra on "I Am Fiddler", Op. 78, B. 66/3: Variation 17 Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra 0:45
22 Symphonic Variations for Orchestra on "I Am Fiddler", Op. 78, B. 66/3: Variation 18 Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra 0:45
23 Symphonic Variations for Orchestra on "I Am Fiddler", Op. 78, B. 66/3: Variation 19 Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra 0:38
24 Symphonic Variations for Orchestra on "I Am Fiddler", Op. 78, B. 66/3: Variation 20 Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra 0:18
25 Symphonic Variations for Orchestra on "I Am Fiddler", Op. 78, B. 66/3: Variation 21 Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra 0:19
26 Symphonic Variations for Orchestra on "I Am Fiddler", Op. 78, B. 66/3: Variation 22 Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra 0:32
27 Symphonic Variations for Orchestra on "I Am Fiddler", Op. 78, B. 66/3: Variation 23 Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra 0:40
28 Symphonic Variations for Orchestra on "I Am Fiddler", Op. 78, B. 66/3: Variation 24 Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra 2:10
29 Symphonic Variations for Orchestra on "I Am Fiddler", Op. 78, B. 66/3: Variation 25 Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra 0:28
30 Symphonic Variations for Orchestra on "I Am Fiddler", Op. 78, B. 66/3: Varation 26 Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra 0:39
31 Symphonic Variations for Orchestra on "I Am Fiddler", Op. 78, B. 66/3: Variation 27 Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra 0:35
32 Symphonic Variations for Orchestra on "I Am Fiddler", Op. 78, B. 66/3: Finale Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra 4:29

This is Nikolaus Harnoncourt's best Dvo?ák so far, and one of the great recordings of the "New World" Symphony. Comparing it to the recent Abbado/Berlin recording on Deutsche Grammophon is instructive. Where Abbado is leaden, boring, and totally lacking in imagination and vitality, Harnoncourt offers bright colors, sprung rhythms, and an orchestra that plays with total commitment, on the edge of its collective seat. Listen to the thrust Harnoncourt gives the opening of the finale, to the gorgeous woodwind playing in a largo that is really slow yet never motionless or slack, or to the toe-tapping lilt he injects into the Scherzo's dance rhythms! Harnoncourt's care for detail uncovers fresh sounds everywhere, from the incredibly clear string figurations in large stretches of the first movement, to the single swish of cymbals in the finale and the gorgeous fade-away of the final chord.
The performance of The Water Goblin is no less gripping. Again, Harnoncourt takes great care with the percussion parts--the best in this department since Kubelik--clearly relishing the music's narrative aspects. When the Water Goblin thumps (via the bass drum) on the door of his (unwilling) wife's house, demanding her return, you can feel the room shake. He infuses the lyrical themes representing the girl and her mother with great passion and nostalgia, while the Goblin's tunes radiate malice and spite thanks to some magnificent wind playing. Harnoncourt and the orchestra sound as though they're having the time of their lives, like great narrators relishing a good ghost story over a campfire at night. Glorious sonics too, deep and rich. If you love Dvorák, you've just got to hear this.