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