Dvorak - Complete Concertos & Symphonic Poems (5CD)

Antonín Dvorák 1841-1904

Complete Concertos & Symphonic Poems

CD1                                                                                                                                                                                63’40

Piano Concerto in G minor Op.33

1 I. Allegro agitato                                                                                                                                                        17’58

2 II. Andante sostenuto                                                                                                                                                 8’11

3 III. Finale: Allegro con fuoco                                                                                                                                      10’31

4 Romance in F minor Op.11 for violin & orchestra                                                                                                     9’50

5 Mazurek in E minor Op.49 for violin & orchestra                                                                                                     5’30

6 Silent Woods (Waldesruhe) Op.68 No.5 for cello & orchestra                                                                                 4’54

7 Rondo in G minor Op.94 for cello & orchestra                                                                                                          6’08

CD2                                                                                                                                                                                66’10

Violin Concerto in A minor Op.53

1 I. Allegro ma non troppo – Adagio ma non troppo                                                                                                    18’59

2 II. Finale: Allegro giocoso                                                                                                                                           10’03

Cello Concerto in B minor Op.104

3 I. Allegro                                                                                                                                                                     14’08

4 II. Adagio ma non troppo                                                                                                                                           10’30

5 III. Finale: Allegro moderato                                                                                                                                      12’02

Ruggiero Ricci violin

Zara Nelsovacello

Rudolf Firkušnýpiano

Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

Walter Susskind

CD3                                                                                                                                                                                71’37

Czech Suite Op.39

1. Preludium (pastorale) 3’15
2. Polka 5’11
3. Sousedska (minuetto) 4’05
4. Romance (romanza) 4’01
5. Finale (furiant) 5’17
6. My Home Overture Op.62 8’57
7. Husitska Overture Op.67 12’28
8. In Nature´s Realm Overture Op.91 13’40
9. Otello Op.93 14’08

CD4                                                                                                                                                                                63’12

1. Symphonic Variations Op.78 20’26
2. Carnival Overture Op.92 8’47
3. Water Goblin Op.107 20’00
4. Noon-Day Witch Op.108 13’38

CD5                                                                                                                                                                                66’14

1. Golden Spinning Wheel Op.109 26’11
2. Wood Dove Op.110 20’02
3. A Hero´s Song Op.111 19’44

Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra

Theodore Kucharconductor

Recording: 20-28 August 2004, Ostrava, Czech Republic (CD3-5)

Licensed from VOX, a division of SPJ Music Inc. (CD1 & 2)