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