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