Various Artists - Dvorak, Antonin(1841-1904) Great Composers In Words & Music - Import CD

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Antonin Dvorak is a leading composer of the Czech National Music School. His works, which incorporate elements of Slavic folk songs and dances, have their own unique character and regional characteristics, and have greatly influenced the development of Czech music. His music depicts feelings of nature, patriotism, affection, joy, and melancholy, and his emotionally rich melodies have captured the hearts of many people. This biography provides an intimate portrait of Dvořák's life and explores how his music was received in Europe and the Americas.Music: Slavonic Dances No. 2 - No. 1, "Bible Songs" No. 4 and No. 6, Symphony No. 1 - 1st and 2nd movements, String Quartet No. 4 - 1st movement, from the opera "The King and the Coals", Moravian Duet - No. 2, Slavonic Dances No. 1 - 1st movement, Piano Trio No. 3 - 1st movement, Stabat Martel from "The King and the Coals", Piano Trio No. 4 - 1st movement, from Te Deum, Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" - 3rd movement, Spohr: Symphony No. 6 - 4th movement, and excerpts from all 19 pieces (with fade-ins and fade-outs) Naxos Japan

Tracklisting:

1.Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonin Dvo?ak, narration with musical examples~Introduction
2.Slavonic Dances, Series 2, Op. 72, B. 147 - No. 1 in B major~[excerpt]
3.Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonin Dvo?ak, narration with musical examples~Bits and pieces are all we may know about the music of Antonin Dvo?ak
4.Ten Biblical Songs, Op. 99, B. 185 - No. 4. Hospodin jest m?j pasty? (The Lord is my shepherd)~[excerpt]
5.Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonin Dvo?ak, narration with musical examples~The fourth of Dvo?ak's Ten Biblical Songs, titled 'The Lord is my shepherd' and set to a well-known Psalm text from the traditional Czech translation of the Kralice Bible.
6.Ten Biblical Songs, Op. 99, B. 185 - No. 6. Sly?, o Bo?e, vola?i me (Hear my prayer, O Lord)~[excerpt]
7.Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonin Dvo?ak, narration with musical examples~Antonin Leopold Dvo?ak was born on 8 september 1841 in the village of Nelahozeves, near Kralupy, in Bohemia approximately 28km north of Prague
8.Symphony No. 6 in G major, Op. 116 'Historische Symphonie im Styl und Geschmack vier verschiedener Zeitabschnitte (Historical Symphony in the Style and Taste of Four Different Periods)~IV. Allerneueste Periode (The Very Latest Period) (1840): Allegro vivace [excerpt]
9.Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonin Dvo?ak, narration with musical examples~Reflecting on this period of the composer's life, Zubaty (the Czech writer mentioned previously) wrote: Seemingly for Dvo?ak the Organ School was more a means of qualifying for the formal title of musician than the
10.Symphony No. 1 in C minor, B. 9 'The Bells of Zionice'~II. Adagio molto [excerpt]
11.Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonin Dvo?ak, narration with musical examples~Dvo?ak's first symphony, composed between February and March 1865, began life as a submission to a German composition competition....
12.Symphony No. 1 in C minor, B. 9 'The Bells of Zionice'~I. [Maestoso] - [Allegro] [excerpt]
13.Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonin Dvo?ak, narration with musical examples~In early 1865, Dvo?ak started teaching piano to the daughters of a Prague goldsmith: one of the two, Anna ?ermakova would later become his wife....
14.String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, B. 19~I. Assai con moto ed energico [excerpt]
15.Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonin Dvo?ak, narration with musical examples~Before he left the Provisional Theatre orchestra in the summer of 1871, Dvo?ak was the subject of an announcement in a leading local music journal.
16.Kral a uhli? (King and Charcoal Burner), B. 21~Act I: Scene 9: Jaky zvuk to jest? (What sound is that?) [excerpt]
17.Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonin Dvo?ak, narration with musical examples~It seems that Dvo?ak's revision of the opera between 1873 and 1874 was but part of a larger stylistic renovation being undertaken by the composer at the time
18.Moravske dvojzp?vy (Moravian Duets), Op. 32, B. 62 - No. 2. Velet', vta?ku (Fly, Sweet Songster)~[excerpt]
19.Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonin Dvo?ak, narration with musical examples~In response to Dvo?ak's multi-composition submission for the 1877 stipendium, Brahms singled out the Moravian Duets for special praise
20.Slavonic Dances, Series 1, Op. 46, B. 83 - No. 1 in C major~[excerpt]
21.Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonin Dvo?ak, narration with musical examples~While this style of music might be regarded, somewhat cynically, as a kind of opportunistic 'tourist nationalism' (to quote a recent historian) listeners in Dvo?ak's time thought the very opposite, describing the da
22.Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65, B. 130~I. Allegro ma non troppo [excerpt]
23.Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonin Dvo?ak, narration with musical examples~In August 1883, Dvo?ak received a prestigious invitation: the London Philharmonic Society requested his presence as conductor (of his own orchestral works) in their forthcoming concert season.
24.Stabat Mater, Op. 58, B. 71 (original 1876 version) (version with orchestral accompaniment)~Stabat Mater dolorosa [excerpt]
25.Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonin Dvo?ak, narration with musical examples~Dvo?ak left Prague for London on 5 March 1884: eight days later he was conducting the Stabat Mater in the Royal Albert Hall.
26.Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90, B. 166 'Dumky'~I. Lento maestoso - Allegro vivace, quasi doppio movimento - Tempo I [excerpt]
27.Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonin Dvo?ak, narration with musical examples~In 1891, the same year Dvo?ak completed the 'Dumky' Trio, he took up the position of professor of composition and instrumentation at the Prague Conservatory.
28.Te Deum, Op.. 103, B. 176~Te Deum laudamus: Allegro moderato, maestoso [excerpt]
29.Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonin Dvo?ak, narration with musical examples~The premiere of the Te Deum within the celebratory concert, which took place on 21 October 1892 at New York's Carnegie Hall, was preceded by a concert address by the American musical patron Thomas Wentworth Higginso
30.Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, B. 178 'From the New World'~III. Scherzo: Molto vivace [excerpt]
31.Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonin Dvo?ak, narration with musical examples~Following the premiere of his Ninth Symphony, Dvo?ak may well have looked forward to a prosperous and productive period in New York
32.Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, B. 191~III. Finale: Andante - Allegro vivo [excerpt]
33.Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonin Dvo?ak, narration with musical examples~The next - and, indeed, the penultimate - phase in Dvo?ak's compositional journey seems to have emerged from his previous interest in music's extra-musical associations: the poetic or pictorial aspect explored in pr
34.Vodnik (The Water Goblin), Symphonic Poem, Op. 107, B. 195~[excerpt]
35.Great Composers in Words and Music: Antonin Dvo?ak, narration with musical examples~During his final years, Dvo?ak became the recipient of various honours...