Symphony No.9 "From the New World" = „Aus Der Neuen Welt” = „Du Nouveau Monde”

Released in 1978 by the Philips label, this recording features Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, performed by the Concertgebouworkest under the baton of Sir Colin Davis. The album was produced during a period when the Philips label was highly regarded for its crisp, clean engineering, often referred to as the 'Philips sound,' which complemented the refined and balanced interpretation typically associated with Davis’s conducting style.

The symphony itself, composed in 1893 during Dvořák's tenure as the director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York, draws inspiration from the composer's impressions of American spirituals and the expansive landscape of the United States. This specific 1978 pressing captures a well-established partnership between Davis and the Amsterdam-based Concertgebouworkest, a collaboration praised by critics of the era for its structural clarity and emotional restraint, moving away from the more overtly sentimental readings common in earlier mid-century recordings.