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