Antonín Dvořák
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904) was a Czech composer whose music fused the folk rhythms and melodies of Bohemia and Moravia with the Romantic symphonic tradition, earning lasting international renown.
Chamber works, songs and orchestral scores remain central to the repertoire. The String Quartet in F major, Op. 96, the American, written on a summer stay in Spillville, Iowa, and the symphony From the New World carry the imprint of his years in the United States, while the Slavonic Dances and arrangements from Cypresses show how deeply Bohemian song and dance shaped his voice.
Smaller pieces such as Silent Woods and Songs My Mother Taught Me are still widely performed and recorded.
Antonín Dvořák is featured on the following titles
Binneas Quartet
Haydn’s String Quartet Op. 76 No. 1, Bartók’s String Quartet No. 6 and arrangements from Dvořák’s Cypresses form a warm, assured programme from Melbourne’s Binneas Quartet.
Compositions by Antonín Dvořák also appear on
Concert Organ Masterpieces
Masterpieces from the concert organ repertoire, played by Thomas Heywood on the restored Hill organ at St John’s Church, Toorak. The programme draws on his 1997 Grand Organ Concerts at the church.
Con Sentimento
Thomas Jones gives exuberant, virtuosic performances of Fritz Kreisler’s best-loved compositions and arrangements, joined by pianist Rachel Valler in a celebration of Viennese romantic violin style.
Acacia Quartet: Mozart Dvorak Chance
Three four-movement string quartets — Mozart’s D minor K. 421, Alice Chance’s Sundried, and Dvořák’s American — played with the clarity and ensemble blend Acacia Quartet is known for.
Amy Castles: Court Singer
Amy Castles, the Australian dramatic soprano once hailed as the “Australian nightingale”, left landmark gramophone sides from London and Australian sessions in the early twentieth century. This disc gathers eighteen restored arias, salon songs and ballads.
Silver: Celebrating 25 Years
Pot-Pourri marks twenty-five years with Silver, a seventh album that mixes contemporary classics, Broadway, and opera into one sparkling programme.
Heritage
The Melbourne Welsh Male Voice Choir celebrate Victoria’s architectural heritage in song, recorded in the unaltered acoustics of National Trust colonial buildings.