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
Sir Simon Rattle, Magdalena Kožená, David Adorjan, Kaspar Zehnder, Yulia Deyneka, Wolfram Brandl, Andrew Marriner, Rahel Maria Rilling
III. Eia mater, fons amoris
No. 1, Allegro con fuoco
Dvořák Piano Quartet
1. Te Deum laudamus
Kateřina Kněžiková, Jakub Hrůša, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Svatopluk Sem
2. Tu Rex gloriae, Christe
III. Finale. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo
I. Requiem aeternam
Karel Ančerl, Czech Chorus, Prague, Ernst Haefliger, Maria Stader, Kim Borg, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Sieglinde Wagner, Markéta Kühnová
VI. Agnus Dei
Ewa Biegas, Javier Tomé, Marina Rodríguez-Cusí, Orfeón Pamplonés, Antoni Wit, Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra, José Antonio López
No. 7, Dobru noc
David Adorjan, Kaspar Zehnder, Magdalena Kožená, Yulia Deyneka, Sir Simon Rattle, Andrew Marriner, Wolfram Brandl, Rahel Maria Rilling
No. 4, Zalo dievca
Kaspar Zehnder, Yulia Deyneka, Andrew Marriner, Magdalena Kožená, David Adorjan, Wolfram Brandl, Sir Simon Rattle, Rahel Maria Rilling
No. 1 in D Minor, Allegretto non troppo quasi andantino
Now Sad the Castle (Kněžna)
Brigita Sulcova, Jiří Pinkas, Brno Janáček Opera Orchestra