Antonín Dvořák - Dvořák in Prague: A Celebration (Various Artists)

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Composer: Antonín Dvořák

1. Carnival Overture, Op. 92
2. Romance in F minor, Op. 11
3. From the Bohemian Forest, Op. 68: 5. Klid (Silent Woods)
4. Humoresques, Op. 101: No. 7 in G-flat major
5. Rusalka, opera, Op. 114: "O Moon high up in the Deep Sky"
6. Psalm 149, Op. 79
7. Humoresques, Op. 101: No. 1 in E-flat minor
8. Gypsy Melodies, Op. 55: 4. "Songs my mother taught me" - 5. Tune thy strings
9. Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor "Dumky", Op. 90: 5. Allegro - Meno mosso, quasi tempo primo
10. Slavonic Dances, Op. 72: No. 2 in E minor "Dumka"
11. Slavonic Dances, Op. 72: No. 7 in C major "Sribske"

Rudolf Firkušný, piano

Itzhak Perlman, violin

Yo-Yo Ma, cello

Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Seiji Ozawa, conductor

Date: 1994

Label: Sony Classical

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Antonín Dvořák (September 8, 1841 – May 1, 1904) was a Czech composer. He was the second Czech composer to achieve worldwide recognition, after Bedřich Smetana. Following Smetana's nationalist example, many of Dvořák's works show the influence of Czech folk music, such as his  two sets of Slavonic Dances, the Symphonic Variations, and the overwhelming majority of his songs. Dvořák wrote in a variety of forms: nine symphonies, ten operas, three concertos, several symphonic poems, serenades for string orchestra and wind ensemble, more than 40 works of chamber music, and piano music.

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Seiji Ozawa (September 1, 1935 – February 6, 2024) was a Japanese conductor noted for his performances of 19th-century Western symphonic works. He was a student of Charles Munch, Pierre Monteux and Herbert von Karajan, and was assistant to Leonard Bernstein. Ozawa was music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (1965–1969), the San Francisco Symphony (1970–1976), the Boston Symphony Orchestra (1973–2002), and principal conductor of the Vienna State Opera (2002–2010). In Japan, he founded the Saito Kinen Orchestra in 1984, their festival in 1992, and the Tokyo Opera Nomori in 2005.

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