Dvorak: Slavonic Dances / Czech Suite / American Suite / etc

"The backing-slip of my next Decca Double rightly describes the contents as 'two-and-a-half hours of Dvorak's most tuneful orchestral music'. Its author might have added, equally truthfully, that Dorati's Detroit performances of the lesser-known works are consistently winningly played and full of charm. There have been other recordings of the American and Czech Suites, and the Nocturne, though none with a more felicitous touch, but the Polka written for Prague students, the Polonaise with its attractive rhythmic lift, and the set of Waltzes in which Dvorak assumes a Johann Strauss mantle with sparkling success, are all delightful. All also have the advantage of near-demonstration quality digital sound, within the attractive ambience of the Detroit concert hall. The Slavonic Dances were recorded in Kingsway Hall and here, curiously, the upper range and focus of the string sound is not so refined. Even so, the recording is very good, and the performances are both brilliant and affectionate, and benefit from very neat contributions from the RPO wind. Most enjoyable."
(Gramophone)