Antonín Dvořák Essentials
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Born in Bohemia, the Czech composer fused a nationalistic language with the then-current mainstream symphonic tradition—and won the approval and patronage of Brahms. Of his nine symphonies, the final three are repertoire works (No. 7 perhaps his finest, No. 9 the hit), and he wrote one of the greatest of all cello concertos, a magnificent creation. His chamber music taps deep into the Czech spirit, and the homesickness he felt when he went to work in New York inspired some of his loveliest works. There is still much of his music that isn't performed regularly but which offers huge rewards to the curious. Start exploring with this selection; it includes some of his greatest work.
No. 1, Ma piseu zas mi laskou zni
Kaspar Zehnder, Yulia Deyneka, David Adorjan, Sir Simon Rattle, Wolfram Brandl, Andrew Marriner, Magdalena Kožená, Rahel Maria Rilling
III. Eia mater, fons amoris
No. 1, Allegro con fuoco
Dvořák Piano Quartet
1. Te Deum laudamus
Jakub Hrůša, Svatopluk Sem, Kateřina Kněžiková, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Choir
2. Tu Rex gloriae, Christe
III. Finale. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo
I. Requiem aeternam
Sieglinde Wagner, Ernst Haefliger, Czech Chorus, Prague, Karel Ančerl, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Maria Stader, Kim Borg, Markéta Kühnová
VI. Agnus Dei
Ewa Biegas, Marina Rodríguez-Cusí, Orfeón Pamplonés, Javier Tomé, José Antonio López, Antoni Wit, Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra
No. 7, Dobru noc
Andrew Marriner, Sir Simon Rattle, Yulia Deyneka, Kaspar Zehnder, David Adorjan, Wolfram Brandl, Magdalena Kožená, Rahel Maria Rilling
No. 4, Zalo dievca
Sir Simon Rattle, Magdalena Kožená, Yulia Deyneka, Wolfram Brandl, Kaspar Zehnder, Andrew Marriner, David Adorjan, Rahel Maria Rilling
No. 1 in D Minor, Allegretto non troppo quasi andantino
Now Sad the Castle (Kněžna)
Jiří Pinkas, Brno Janáček Opera Orchestra, Brigita Sulcova