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