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Inspiration
Aus der Neuen Welt: Best of Dvorák
CD
1 Aug 2014
Barcode: 0825646257010
Composer: Antonín Dvorák
Other participants: Kurt Masur, Keller Quartet, Trio Fontenay
From local Czech musician to cosmopolitan composer: Czech music reached its peak in his work, but Dvorák’smusic was international from the outset. Love of his fatherland and of nature, a deep religious feeling and joie de vivre mark his music with its unmistakeable national identity, which nonetheless shows a variety of influences. Thus during the years he spent as director of music in New York, he combined typical American colour with the individual sounds of his native Bohemia to create the “New World” Symphony: a unique synthesis.
Audio sample & Tracklisting
Disc 1 | |
01 | Dvorák: Carnival Overture, Op.92 - Kurt Masur |
02 | Dvorák: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104: I. Allegro - Arto Noras |
03 | Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, 'From the New World': II. Largo - Nikolaus Harnoncourt |
04 | Dvorak: Piano Trio No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 90, 'Dumky': I. Lento maestoso - Allegro - Trio Fontenay |
05 | Dvorák: Slavonic Dances, Op. 46: No. 1 in C Major - Nikolaus Harnoncourt |
06 | Dvorák: Rusalka, B. 203, Op. 114, Act 1: 'Song to the Moon' (Rusalka) - Eva Urbanová |
07 | Dvorák: Cypresses, B. 152: No. 3, 'When Thy Sweet Glances on Me Fall'. Andante con moto - New Helsinki Quartet |
08 | Dvorák: Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88: III. Allegretto grazioso - Nikolaus Harnoncourt |
09 | Dvorak: String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96, 'American': I. Allegro, ma non troppo - Keller Quartet |
10 | Dvorák: Slavonic Dances, Op. 72: No. 2 in E Minor - Nikolaus Harnoncourt |
Disc 2 | |
01 | Dvorák : Symphony No.6 in D major Op.60 : III Scherzo - Furiant - Presto - BBC Symphony Orchestra |
02 | Dvorák : Piano Quintet in A major Op.81 : II Dumka - Andante con moto - András Schiff |
03 | Dvorák : Piano Quintet in A major Op.81 : III Scherzo - Furiant - Molto vivace - András Schiff |
04 | Dvorák : Piano Quintet in A major Op.81 : IV Finale - Allegro - András Schiff |
05 | Dvorák : Cypresses B.152 No.11 : Nature lies peaceful in slumber and dreaming [Allegro scherzando] - New Helsinki Quartet |
06 | Dvorák : Slavonic Dances Op.46 : No.5 in A major - Nikolaus Harnoncourt |
07 | Dvorák : Symphony No.7 in D minor Op.70 : I Allegro maestoso - Nikolaus Harnoncourt |
08 | Dvorák : Symphony No.7 in D minor Op.70 : II Poco adagio - Nikolaus Harnoncourt |
09 | Dvorák : Symphony No.7 in D minor Op.70 : III Scherzo - Nikolaus Harnoncourt |
10 | Dvorák : Symphony No.7 in D minor Op.70 : IV Finale - Nikolaus Harnoncourt |