Masterworks 7: Homeland

Darko Butorac, conductor
Robert Lakato, violin

Tradition doesn’t survive by accident; it survives by making itself heard. Dvořák channels formidable Czech pride into one of his most passionate and uncompromising symphonies. Kodály preserves Hungarian dance traditions in blazing orchestral color. Young Wieniawski claims his place among the great virtuosos with his swaggering first concerto, featuring a fearless Polish dance finale. Folk heritage transformed into orchestral power and cultural resistance — too vibrant to overlook, too fierce to forget..

Kodály: Dances of Galánta
Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 1
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7