Symphonie nr. 8

"A performance by a conductor who loves the music, who has genuine ideas about how it should go and what it reveals, who leads a great orchestra in a performance that makes us listen to the piece afresh, and who reaffirms our belief not just in this particular work but in what it means to be a "classic". Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra offer just such an interpretation. Honeck's personal touches are numerous and completely winning".

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"Somehow I was left wanting more from this orchestra's Dvořák - it's slick, but lacking in oomph. It may just be the recording. The Suk emerges as a charming suite, full of invention and wit".

"Mariss Jansons lässt keine Zweifel an der Statur des Werks aufkommen. Die Sinfonie baut sich hier so überwältigend musikalisch, so klangprächtig, so präzise ausgehört vor dem Hörer auf, dass es eine Freude ist ... Die Streicherserenade von Josef Suk ist eine willkommene Zugabe".

"As conventional performances go, this is an enjoyable one [Symphony], with expressive strings, freshsounding woodwind and poetiv horns, all shaping phrases beautifully under Serebrier's genial control ... It's a bonus to have these delightful, colourful pieces [Legends] as part of the Serebrier cycle".

"La direction de Mackerras, en bon disciple de Talich, est brillante, énergique tout en demeurant d'une grande souplesse, en revanche, l'orchestre ne possède pas l'inimitable grain sonore de la Philharmonie".