Suk: A Summer's Tale; Prague – review

BBCSO/Belohlávek(Chandos)A Summer's Tale is one of three symphonic poems that Josef Suk composed in the wake of his great Asrael Symphony, which he had completed in 1906 as a memorial to his wife and to his father-in-law Dvor˘ák. Jirí Be˘lohlávek and the BBC Symphony Orchestra made a fine recording of the second poem in the trilogy, Ripening, for Chandos two years ago, but A Summer's Tale, first performed in 1909, is more expansive work, in five movements lasting about 55 minutes in this ...

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