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