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