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