The Great Composers in Words and Music - Dvorak (in englischer Sprache) (CD)

1 Introduction
2 Nr. 1 Slawischer Tanz H-Dur
3 Bits and pieces are all we may know about the music of Antonín Dvorák
4 Nr. 4 Hospodin jest muj pastyr (Der Herr ist mein Hirte)
5 The fourth of Dvorák's Ten Biblical Songs, titled "The Lord is my shepherd" and set to a well-known Psalm text from...
6 Nr. 6 Slys, ó Boze, voláni mé (Höre mein Gebet, O Herr)
7 Antonín Leopold Dvorák was born on 8 September 1841 in the village of Nelahozeves, near Kralupy, in Bohemia, ...
8 4. Allerneueste Periode (Allegro vivace)
9 Reflecting on this period of the composer's life, Zubaty (the Czech writer mentioned previously) wrote: "Seemingly for..
10 2. Adagio molto
11 Dvorák's first symphony, composed between February and March 1865, began life as a submission to a German composition...
12 1. Maestoso - Allegro
13 In early 1865, Dvorák started teaching piano to the daughters of a Prague goldsmith: one of the two, Anna Cermáková...
14 1. Assai con moto ed energico
15 Before he left the Provisional Theatre orchestra in the summer of 1871, Dvorák was the subject of an announcement in a..
16 Jaky zvuk to jest? (Was ist dieser Klang?)
17 It seems that Dvorák's revision of the opera between 1873 and 1874 was but part of a larger stylistic renovation being..
18 Nr. 2 Velet', vtácku (Flieg, süßer Sänger)
19 In response to Dvorák's multi-composition submission for the 1877 stipendium, Brahms singled out the Moravian Duets...
20 Nr. 1 Slawischer Tanz C-Dur
21 While this style of music might be regarded, somewhat cynically, as a kind of opportunistic "tourist nationalism" (to...
22 1. Allegro ma non troppo
23 In August 1883, Dvorák received a prestigious invitation: the London Philharmonic Society requested his presence as...
24 Stabat Mater dolorosa
25 Dvorák left Prague for London on 5 march 1884: eight days later he was conducting the Stabat Mater in the Royal Albert..
26 1. Lento maestoso - Allegro vivace, quasi doppio movimento - Tempo I
27 In 1891, the same year Dvorák completed the "Dumky" Trio, he took up the position of professor of composition and...
28 Te Deum laudamus: Allegro moderato, maestoso
29 The premiere of the Te Deum within the celebratory concert, which took place on 21 October 1892 at New York's Carnegie..
30 3. Scherzo: Molto vivace
31 Following the premiere of his Ninth Symphony, Dvorák may well have looked forward to a prosperous and productive...
32 3. Finale: Andante - Allegro vivo
33 The next - and, indeed, the penultimate - phase in Dvorák's compositional journey seems to have emerged from his...
34 Der Wassermann op. 107 (Sinfonische Dichtung)
35 During his final years, Dvorák became the recipient of various honours...
36 Jak z dervisovych prstu rinou (Während entzückende Rosenkranzperlen durch die Hände der Derwische gleiten)
37 Dvorák is said to have departed the theatre early on the evening of 25 March 1904, during the premiere of Armida at...
38 Deo Patri sit gloria