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DVOŘÁK, A.: Great Composers in Words and Music

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Label: Naxos

Genre: Chamber Music; Choral - Sacred; Concerto; Non-Fiction; Opera; Orchestral; Vocal

Period: Contemporary; Romantic

Catalogue No: 8.578368

Barcode: 747313836871

Release Date: 07/2023

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DVOŘÁK, A.: Great Composers in Words and Music

The music of Bohemian composer Antonín Dvořák is suffused with natural nobility, fluency and freshness, and embodies the spirit of his native land. This revealing biography portrays Dvořák as a complex and wide-ranging composer, and explores the creation and performance of his music as well as its reception on both sides of the Atlantic, tracing his art in all its richness and variety. Musical excerpts include the Cello Concerto, the ‘New World’ Symphony and the Slavonic Dances, as well as selected chamber pieces, songs, opera excerpts, and more.

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Caddy, Davinia - Author

Great Composers in Words and Music - Antonín Dvořák

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Introduction

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Dvořák, Antonín

Slavonic Dances, Series 2, Op. 72, B. 147: No. 1 in B Major (version for orchestra) (excerpt)

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Slavonic Dances, Series 2, Op. 72, B. 147: No. 1 in B Major (version for orchestra) (excerpt)

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Caddy, Davinia - Author

Great Composers in Words and Music - Antonín Dvořák

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Bits and pieces are all we may know about the music of Antonín Dvořák

04:04

Dvořák, Antonín
Bible - Old Testament - Lyricist

10 Biblical Songs, Op. 99, B. 185: No. 4. Hospodin jest můj pastýř (The Lord is my shepherd) (excerpt)

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10 Biblical Songs, Op. 99, B. 185: No. 4. Hospodin jest můj pastýř (The Lord is my shepherd) (excerpt)

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Caddy, Davinia - Author

Great Composers in Words and Music - Antonín Dvořák

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The fourth of Dvořák'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

02:57

Dvořák, Antonín
Bible - Old Testament - Lyricist

10 Biblical Songs, Op. 99, B. 185: No. 6. Slyš, ó Bože, volání mé (Hear my prayer, O Lord) (excerpt)

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10 Biblical Songs, Op. 99, B. 185: No. 6. Slyš, ó Bože, volání mé (Hear my prayer, O Lord) (excerpt)

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Caddy, Davinia - Author

Great Composers in Words and Music - Antonín Dvořák

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Antonín Leopold Dvořák was born on 8 September 1841 in the village of Nelahozeves, near Kralupy, in Bohemia, approximately 28km north of Prague

02:48

Spohr, Louis

Symphony No. 6 in G Major, Op. 116, "Historische Symphonie im Styl und Geschmack vier verschiedener Zeitabschnitte": IV. Allerneueste Periode (1840): Allegro vivace (excerpt)

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Symphony No. 6 in G Major, Op. 116, "Historische Symphonie im Styl und Geschmack vier verschiedener Zeitabschnitte": IV. Allerneueste Periode (1840): Allegro vivace (excerpt)

00:38

Caddy, Davinia - Author

Great Composers in Words and Music - Antonín Dvořák

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Reflecting on this period of the composer's life, Zubatý (the Czech writer mentioned previously) wrote…

02:30

Dvořák, Antonín

Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, B. 9, "The Bells of Zlonice": II. Adagio molto (excerpt)

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Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, B. 9, "The Bells of Zlonice": II. Adagio molto (excerpt)

00:49

Caddy, Davinia - Author

Great Composers in Words and Music - Antonín Dvořák

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Dvořák's first symphony, composed between February and March 1865, began life as a submission to a German composition competition…

01:34

Dvořák, Antonín

Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, B. 9, "The Bells of Zlonice": I. [Maestoso] - [Allegro] (excerpt)

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Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, B. 9, "The Bells of Zlonice": I. [Maestoso] - [Allegro] (excerpt)

01:48

Caddy, Davinia - Author

Great Composers in Words and Music - Antonín Dvořák

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In early 1865, Dvořák started teaching piano to the daughters of a Prague goldsmith: one of the two, Anna Čermáková would later become his wife…

01:24

Dvořák, Antonín

String Quartet No. 4 in E Minor, B. 19: I. Assai con moto ed energico (excerpt)

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String Quartet No. 4 in E Minor, B. 19: I. Assai con moto ed energico (excerpt)

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Caddy, Davinia - Author

Great Composers in Words and Music - Antonín Dvořák

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Before he left the Provisional Theatre orchestra in the summer of 1871, Dvořák was the subject of an announcement in a leading local music journal

03:57

Dvořák, Antonín
Novotny, Vaclav Juda - Lyricist
Guldener, Bernard - Lyricist

Král a uhlíř (King and Charcoal Burner), B. 21, Act I Scene 9: Jaký zvuk to jest? (What sound is that?) (excerpt)

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Král a uhlíř (King and Charcoal Burner), B. 21, Act I Scene 9: Jaký zvuk to jest? (What sound is that?) (excerpt)

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Caddy, Davinia - Author

Great Composers in Words and Music - Antonín Dvořák

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It seems that Dvořák'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

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Dvořák, Antonín
Traditional - Lyricist

Moravské dvojzpěvy (Moravian Duets), Op. 32, B. 62: No. 2. Veleť vtáčku (Fly, Sweet Songster) (excerpt)

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Moravské dvojzpěvy (Moravian Duets), Op. 32, B. 62: No. 2. Veleť vtáčku (Fly, Sweet Songster) (excerpt)

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Caddy, Davinia - Author

Great Composers in Words and Music - Antonín Dvořák

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In response to Dvořák's multi-composition submission for the 1877 stipendium, Brahms singled out the Moravian Duets for special praise

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Dvořák, Antonín

Slavonic Dances, Series 1, Op. 46, B. 83: No. 1 in C Major (excerpt)

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Slavonic Dances, Series 1, Op. 46, B. 83: No. 1 in C Major (excerpt)

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Caddy, Davinia - Author

Great Composers in Words and Music - Antonín Dvořák

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While this style of music might be regarded, somewhat cynically, as a kind of opportunistic 'tourist nationalism' (to quote a recent historian), listeners in Dvořák's time thought the very opposite…

02:47

Dvořák, Antonín

Piano Trio No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 65, B. 130: I. Allegro ma non troppo (excerpt)

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Piano Trio No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 65, B. 130: I. Allegro ma non troppo (excerpt)

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Caddy, Davinia - Author

Great Composers in Words and Music - Antonín Dvořák

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In August 1883, Dvořák received a prestigious invitation: the London Philharmonic Society requested his presence as conductor (of his own orchestral works) in their forthcoming concert season

01:22

Dvořák, Antonín

Stabat Mater, Op. 58, B. 71: Stabat mater dolorosa (original 1876 version) (version with orchestral accompaniment) (excerpt)

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Stabat Mater, Op. 58, B. 71: Stabat mater dolorosa (original 1876 version) (version with orchestral accompaniment) (excerpt)

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Caddy, Davinia - Author

Great Composers in Words and Music - Antonín Dvořák

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Dvořák left Prague for London on 5 March 1884: eight days later he was conducting the Stabat Mater in the Royal Albert Hall

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Dvořák, Antonín

Piano Trio No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 90, B. 166, "Dumky": I. Lento maestoso - Allegro vivace, quasi doppio movimento - Tempo I (excerpt)

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Piano Trio No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 90, B. 166, "Dumky": I. Lento maestoso - Allegro vivace, quasi doppio movimento - Tempo I (excerpt)

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Caddy, Davinia - Author

Great Composers in Words and Music - Antonín Dvořák

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In 1891, the same year Dvořák completed the 'Dumky' Trio, he took up the position of professor of composition and instrumentation at the Prague Conservatory

03:20

Dvořák, Antonín

Te Deum, Op. 103, B. 176: Te Deum laudamus (excerpt)

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Te Deum, Op. 103, B. 176: Te Deum laudamus (excerpt)

01:32

Caddy, Davinia - Author

Great Composers in Words and Music - Antonín Dvořák

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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…

03:11

Dvořák, Antonín

Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178, "From the New World": III. Scherzo: Molto vivace (excerpt)

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Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178, "From the New World": III. Scherzo: Molto vivace (excerpt)

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Caddy, Davinia - Author

Great Composers in Words and Music - Antonín Dvořák

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Following the premiere of his Ninth Symphony, Dvořák may well have looked forward to a prosperous and productive period in New York

03:36

Dvořák, Antonín

Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191: III. Finale: Andante - Allegro vivo (excerpt)

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Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191: III. Finale: Andante - Allegro vivo (excerpt)

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Caddy, Davinia - Author

Great Composers in Words and Music - Antonín Dvořák

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The next - and, indeed, the penultimate - phase in Dvořák's compositional journey seems to have emerged from his previous interest in music's extra-musical associations…

02:59

Dvořák, Antonín

The Water Goblin, Op. 107, B. 195 (excerpt)

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The Water Goblin, Op. 107, B. 195 (excerpt)

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Caddy, Davinia - Author

Great Composers in Words and Music - Antonín Dvořák

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During his final years, Dvořák became the recipient of various honours…

03:50

Dvořák, Antonín
Vrchlický, Jaroslav - Lyricist

Armida, Op. 115, B. 206, Act I Scene 1: Jak z dervišových prstů řinou (excerpt)

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Armida, Op. 115, B. 206, Act I Scene 1: Jak z dervišových prstů řinou (As delightful rosary beads glide in the hands of the dervishes) (excerpt)

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Caddy, Davinia - Author

Great Composers in Words and Music - Antonín Dvořák

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Dvořák is said to have departed the theatre early on the evening of 25 March 1904, during the premiere of Armida at the National Theatre in Prague…

02:33

Dvořák, Antonín

Hymnus ad laudes in festo Sanctae Trinitatis, B. 82 (excerpt)

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Hymnus ad laudes in festo Sanctae Trinitatis, B. 82 (excerpt)

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Total Playing Time: 01:13:32

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