Bachtrack.com: A resonant reprise as The Cleveland Orchestra plays at Dvořák's Prague
The opening work, the symphonic poem Macbeth, took the orchestra away from two of its chief strengths – lush, golden strings and careful attention to detail, which are subsumed in this piece by all the thunder and clatter. The characters’ voices were clear and a brisk tempo added a layer of tension. But the music never really caught fire, hovering in an uneasy balance between Welser-Möst’s typically light, refined style and the demands of a psychodrama. In effect, it was a good warm-up with a lot of punch but not much beneath the noise.
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