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
Wolfram Brandl, Yulia Deyneka, Sir Simon Rattle, David Adorjan, Andrew Marriner, Magdalena Kožená, Kaspar Zehnder, 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
Maria Stader, Ernst Haefliger, Kim Borg, Czech Chorus, Prague, Sieglinde Wagner, Markéta Kühnová, Czech Philharmonic, Karel Ančerl
VI. Agnus Dei
Antoni Wit, Javier Tomé, Ewa Biegas, Marina Rodríguez-Cusí, José Antonio López, Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra, Orfeón Pamplonés
No. 7, Dobru noc
Sir Simon Rattle, Andrew Marriner, David Adorjan, Kaspar Zehnder, Magdalena Kožená, Wolfram Brandl, Yulia Deyneka, Rahel Maria Rilling
No. 4, Zalo dievca
Sir Simon Rattle, David Adorjan, Wolfram Brandl, Yulia Deyneka, Magdalena Kožená, Andrew Marriner, Kaspar Zehnder, Rahel Maria Rilling
Now Sad the Castle (Kněžna)
Jiří Pinkas, Brigita Sulcova, Brno Janáček Opera Orchestra