Antonín Dvořák (Composer)
Born: 8th September 1841, Nelahozeves
Died: 1st May 1904, Prague
Nationality: Czech
Antonín Leopold Dvořák was one of the first Czech composers to achieve worldwide recognition. Dvořák frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia, following the Romantic-era nationalist example of his predecessor Bedřich Smetana. Dvořák's style has been described as "the fullest recreation of a national idiom with that of the symphonic tradition, absorbing folk influences and finding effective ways of using them".
Dvořák displayed his musical gifts at an early age, being an apt violin student from age six. The first public performances of his works were in Prague in 1872 and, with special success, in 1873, when he was 31 years old. Seeking recognition beyond the Prague area, he submitted a score of his First Symphony to a prize competition in Germany, but did not win, and the unreturned manuscript was lost until rediscovered many decades later.
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Recording of the Week,
Dvořák from Veronika Jarůšková, Peter Jarůšek and Boris Giltburg
Six years on from their award-winning recording of Dvořák's Piano Quintet No. 2, the first violinist and cellist of the Pavel Haas Quartet reunite with Giltburg for the complete piano trios in interpretations bursting with colour and vitality.
Recording of the Week,
Coleridge-Taylor and Dvořák from the Takács Quartet
The Takács Quartet present a double-bill of works from the year 1895: a youthful Coleridge-Taylor, barely into his twenties but already carving out a distinctive style, and a mature Dvořák, recently returned to his beloved Bohemia from the New World.
Popular Genres: Dvořák
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Popular Works: Dvořák
- 4 Romantic Pieces, Op. 75 (57)
- Carnival Overture, Op. 92 (153)
- Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 (225)
- Czech Suite, Op. 39 (41)
- Gypsy Melodies, Op. 55 (B104): No. 4 Když mne stará matka (Songs My Mother Taught Me) (110)
- Humoresque in G flat major, Op. 101 No. 7 (136)
- In Nature's Realm Overture, Op. 91 (35)
- Mesícku na nebi hlubokém 'Song to the Moon' (from Rusalka) (92)
- Nocturne in B major for strings, Op.40 (B47) (38)
- Othello Overture, Op. 93 (40)
- Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33 (60)
- Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat, Op. 87 (38)
- Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 (84)
- Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65 (B130) (61)
- Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90 (B166) 'Dumky' (98)
- Romance in F minor, Op. 11 (93)
- Rondo in G minor for cello & orchestra, Op. 94, B. 181 (52)
- Scherzo capriccioso, Op. 66 (67)
- Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22 (98)
- Serenade for Winds in D minor, Op. 44 (50)
- Slavonic Dance No. 1 in C Major, Op. 46 No. 1 (66)
- Slavonic Dance No. 2, Op. 46 No. 2 (55)
- Slavonic Dance No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 46 No. 3 (44)
- Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G minor, Op. 46 No. 8 (52)
- Slavonic Dance No. 10 in E minor, Op. 72 No. 2 (80)
- Slavonic Dances Nos. 1-8, Op. 46 Nos. 1-8 (91)
- Slavonic Dances Nos. 9-16, Op. 72 Nos. 1-8 (83)
- Sonatina for violin and piano in G major, Op. 100 (60)
- Stabat Mater, Op. 58 (35)
- String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 'American' (100)
- Symphonic Variations, Op. 78 (37)
- Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60 (63)
- Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70 (130)
- Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88 (184)
- Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World' (377)
- Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World': II. Largo (60)
- The Noon Witch, Op. 108 (B196) (37)
- The Wild Dove, Op. 110 (B198) (37)
- Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 (144)
- Waldesruhe (Silent woods) for cello and orchestra, Op. 68 No. 5 (93)
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