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