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