Witold Rowicki (conductor)
Conductors Witold Rowicki and István Kertész recorded complete sets of the Dvořák symphonies with the London Symphony Orchestra that are roughly contemporaneous and both admirable. However, in the Fifth Symphony, Kertész’s pioneering 1965, an extra lilt in the and wins hands down in the , a whirlwind of virtuosic orchestral playing. Recorded in pretty good sound quality, it is the highlight of the Pole’s Dvořák cycle.
