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