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