Otmar Suitner (1922-2010) conducts NHKSO in Suppé’s Light Cavalry Overture (1986), Mozart’s Symphony 39 (1984), and Beethoven’s Symphony 9 ‘Choral’ (December 22, 1986). Suitner documentary. Rob Cowan on Suitner’s Dvořák Symphonies.

Otmar Suitner was an Honorary Conductor of the NHKSO from 1973 until his death in 2010.

“Sop) Keiko Kataoka Alt) Naoko Ihara Ten) Kazuo Kobayashi Bar) Naoki Ikeda Cho) Kunitachi College of Music”

Not that Rob needs my support, but I totally agree with his enthusiasm for Suitner’s Dvořák recordings.