Widely regarded as the most distinguished of Czech composers, Antonin Dvorák (1841-1904) produced attractive and vigorous music possessed of clear formal outlines, melodies that are both memorable and spontaneous-sounding, and a colorful, effective instrumental sense. Dvorák is considered one of the major figures of nationalism, both proselytizing for and making actual use of folk influences, which he expertly combined with Classical forms in Read more works of all genres. His symphonies are among his most widely appreciated works; the Symphony No. 9 ("From the New World," 1893) takes a place among the finest and most popular examples of the symphonic literature. Similarly, his Cello Concerto (1894-1895) is one of the cornerstones of the repertory, providing the soloist an opportunity for virtuosic flair and soaring expressivity. Dvorák displayed special skill in writing for chamber ensembles, producing dozens of such works; among these, his 14 string quartets (1862-1895), the "American" Quintet (1893) and the "Dumky" Trio (1890-1891) are outstanding examples of their respective genres, overflowing with attractive folklike melodies set like jewels into the solid fixtures of Brahmsian absolute forms.
Dvorák's "American" and "New World" works arose during the composer's sojourn in the United States in the early 1890s; he was uneasy with American high society and retreated to a small, predominantly Czech town in Iowa for summer vacations during his stay. However, he did make the acquaintance of the pioneering African-American baritone H.T. Burleigh, who may have influenced the seemingly spiritual-like melodies in the "New World" symphony and other works; some claim that the similarity resulted instead from a natural affinity between African-American and Eastern European melodic structures.
By that time, Dvorák was among the most celebrated of European composers, seen by many as the heir to Brahms, who had championed Dvorák during the younger composer's long climb to the top. The son of a butcher and occasional zither player, Dvorák studied the organ in Prague as a young man and worked variously as a café violist and church organist during the 1860s and 1870s while creating a growing body of symphonies, chamber music, and Czech-language opera. For three years in the 1870s he won a government grant (the Viennese critic Hanslick was among the judges) designed to help the careers of struggling young creative artists. Brahms gained for Dvorák a contract with his own publisher, Simrock, in 1877; the association proved a profitable one despite an initial controversy that flared when Dvorák insisted on including Czech-language work titles on the printed covers, a novelty in those musically German-dominated times. In the 1880s and 1890s Dvorák's reputation became international in scope thanks to a series of major masterpieces that included the Seventh, Eighth, and "New World" symphonies. At the end of his life he turned to opera once again; Rusalka, from 1901, incorporates Wagnerian influences into the musical telling of its legend-based story, and remains the most frequently performed of the composer's vocal works. Dvorák, a professor at Prague University from 1891 on, exerted a deep influence on Czech music of the twentieth century; among his students was Josef Suk, who also became his son-in-law. Read less

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Dvorák: Rusalka / Mackerras, Fleming, Heppner, Et Al

Release Date: 10/20/1998 Label: Decca
Catalog: 460568 Number of Discs: 3

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Dvorák: Rusalka / Chalabala, Subrtova, Haken, Et Al

Release Date: 03/29/2005 Label: Supraphon
Catalog: 7008 Number of Discs: 1

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Sir Charles Mackerras Conducts Delius, Dvorák, Etc

Release Date: 11/08/2005 Label: Decca
Catalog: 4757061 Number of Discs: 3

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Dvorák: Rusalka (In German) / Keilberth, Trötschel, Et Al

Release Date: 06/20/2006 Label: Profil
Catalog: 6031 Number of Discs: 1

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Work: Carnival Overture, Op. 92

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The Art of Midori

Label: Sony Catalog: 518340 Release Date: 05/06/2016 Number of Discs: 10
Composer: Niccolò Paganini, Antonín Dvorák, Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard Strauss ...
Performer: Midori, Robert McDonald, Nobuko Imai, Christoph Eschenbach
Conductor: Zubin Mehta, Claudio Abbado, Christoph Eschenbach, Mariss Jansons
Orchestra/Ensemble: New York Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ...

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Dvorak: Overtures / Hrusa, Prague Philharmonia

Label: Pentatone Catalog: 5186532 Release Date: 02/12/2016 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Antonín Dvorák
Conductor: Jakub Hrusa
Orchestra/Ensemble: Prague Philharmonia

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Dvorak: Complete Symphonies; Slavic Dances; Overtures; Symphonic Poems

Label: Brilliant Classics Catalog: 95297 Release Date: 12/11/2015 Number of Discs: 9
Composer: Antonín Dvorák
Conductor: Otmar Suitner, Theodore Kuchar, John Farrer
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra, Ostrava Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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Dvorak Edition

Label: Brilliant Classics Catalog: 95100 Release Date: 06/30/2015 Number of Discs: 45
Composer: Antonín Dvorák
Performer: Rudolf Firkusny, Ruggiero Ricci, Zara Nelsova, Marián Lapsansky ...
Conductor: Otmar Suitner, Theodore Kuchar, Walter Susskind, Antal Doráti ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra, Ostrava Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra ...

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Seiji Ozawa - The Philips Years: Original Jacket Collection [50-CD Set]

Label: Decca Catalog: 002185602 Release Date: 11/18/2014 Number of Discs: 50
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Béla Bartók, Ludwig van Beethoven, Hector Berlioz ...
Performer: Mariko Kobayashi, Everett Firth, Hiroshi Arimori, Sawako Yasue ...
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Saito Kinen Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers ...
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Halle Tradition

Label: Hallé Catalog: 8004 Release Date: 10/14/2014 Number of Discs: 4
Composer: Antonín Dvorák, Johannes Brahms, Unspecified, Sir Edward Elgar ...
Performer: Heddle [Tenor Vocals] Nash, Keith Falkner, Dennis Noble, Dora Labbette ...
Conductor: Sir Hamilton Harty, Leslie Heward, Sir Malcolm Sargent

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Rafael Kubelik - The Symphony Edition [23-CD Set]

Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog: 002054802 Release Date: 06/24/2014 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Robert Schumann, Antonín Dvorák, Gustav Mahler
Performer: Helen Donath, Teresa Berganza, Wieslaw Ochman, Thomas Stewart ...
Conductor: Rafael Kubelik
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra ...
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Istvan Kertesz: The London Years

Label: Decca Catalog: 002033602 Release Date: 04/15/2014 Number of Discs: 12
Composer: Béla Bartók, Johannes Brahms, Anton Bruckner, Antonín Dvorák ...
Performer: Walter Berry, Christa Ludwig, Pilar Lorengar, Erzsébet Komlossy ...
Conductor: István Kertész
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Brighton Festival Chorus ...
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RCA Living Stereo Collection, Vol. 1

Label: Rca Catalog: 541497 Release Date: 04/15/2014 Number of Discs: 60
Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns, Claude Debussy, Jacques Ibert, Maurice Ravel ...
Performer: Berj Zamkochian, John Weicher, Philip Farkas, Jascha Heifetz ...
Conductor: Charles Munch, Fritz Reiner, Kiril Kondrashin, Arthur Fiedler ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra, New England Conservatory Chorus, New England Conservatory Alumni Chorus ...
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Roger Norrington - The Romantics

Label: Hänssler Classic Catalog: 93313 Release Date: 01/28/2014 Number of Discs: 10
Composer: Franz Schubert, Hector Berlioz, Felix Mendelssohn, Anton Bruckner ...
Performer: Anu Komsi
Conductor: Roger Norrington
Orchestra/Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart Radio Orchestra
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Carlo Maria Giulini: The London Years

Label: Warner Classics Catalog: 93739 Release Date: 12/03/2013 Number of Discs: 17
Composer: Antonín Dvorák, Modest Mussorgsky, Benjamin Britten, César Franck ...
Performer: Sheila Armstrong, Anna Reynolds, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk
Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra ...
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Fritz Reiner - The Complete RCA Album Collection

Label: Rca Catalog: 370198 Release Date: 10/15/2013 Number of Discs: 63
Composer: Richard Strauss, Johannes Brahms, Rolf Liebermann, Ludwig van Beethoven ...
Performer: Artur Rubinstein, Jascha Heifetz, Emil Gilels, Inge Borkh ...
Conductor: Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Lyric Theatre Chorus, Studio Orchestra
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Smetana: The Moldau - Czech Music By Smetana & Dvorak

Label: Berlin Classics Catalog: 300539 Release Date: 10/08/2013 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Bedrich Smetana, Antonín Dvorák
Conductor: Theodore Kuchar
Orchestra/Ensemble: Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra

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Dvorak: Symphonies No 8 & 9, Etc / Jarvi, Menuhin, Royal Po

Label: Regis Catalog: 2006 Release Date: 07/12/2013 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Antonín Dvorák
Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin, Paavo Järvi
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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Dvorak in Prague: A Celebration (Remastered)

Label: Sony Catalog: 756035 Release Date: 07/09/2013 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Antonín Dvorák
Performer: Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Rudolf Firkusny, Frederica Von Stade
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Chorus

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Dvorak: Complete Published Orchestral Works

Label: Naxos Catalog: 8501702 Release Date: 05/28/2013 Number of Discs: 17
Composer: Antonín Dvorák
Performer: Jénö Jandó, Ilya Kaler, Alexander Trostiansky, Maria Kliegel ...
Conductor: Stephen Gunzenhauser, Antoni Wit, Camilla Kolchinsky, Dmitry Yablonsky ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra ...
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Dvorak, Mozart, Bartok / Zubin Mehta, Los Angeles Philharmonic [blu-ray]

Label: Euroarts Catalog: 2072244 Release Date: 02/26/2013 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Béla Bartók, Antonín Dvorák
Performer: David Breidenthal
Conductor: Zubin Mehta
Orchestra/Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

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Icon - Constantin Silvestri [15-CD Set]

Label: Warner Classics Catalog: 233472 Release Date: 02/05/2013 Number of Discs: 15
Composer: Antonín Dvorák, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, George Enescu, Franz Liszt ...
Conductor: Constantin Silvestri
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris ...
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Dvorak: The Symphonies / Davis, Philharmonia

Label: Sony Catalog: 5409112 Release Date: 11/06/2012 Number of Discs: 7
Composer: Antonín Dvorák
Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis, Rudolf Kempe, David Zinman, Marcel Moyse
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra ...
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Neeme Jarvi - Highlights From A Remarkable 30 Year Recording Career

Label: Chandos Catalog: 24144 Release Date: 07/31/2012 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Antonín Dvorák, Johan Halvorsen, Gustav Mahler, Johannes Brahms ...
Performer: Melina Madozzi, Linda Finnie, Felicity Lott, Suzanne Murphy ...
Conductor: Neeme Järvi

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Dvorak: Symphonic Works / Neumann, Czech

Label: Supraphon Catalog: 4090 Release Date: 04/24/2012 Number of Discs: 8
Composer: Antonín Dvorák
Conductor: Václav Neumann
Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
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Overtures

Label: Klavier Records Catalog: 11190 Release Date: 04/24/2012 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Antonín Dvorák, Jacques Offenbach, Giuseppe Verdi, Daniel-François Auber ...
Conductor: Lowell E. Graham

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Dvořák: Symphonies No 6-9, Carnival Overture

Label: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Catalog: 20 Release Date: 09/27/2011 Number of Discs: 3
Composer: Antonín Dvorák
Conductor: Grzegorz Nowak
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Dvorak Experience

Label: Warner Classics Catalog: 4679604 Release Date: 04/26/2011 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Antonín Dvorák
Performer: Arto Noras, Trio Fontenay, Andras Schiff, Eva Urbanová
Conductor: Kurt Masur, Sakari Oramo, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jiri Belohlávek ...

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Best Of Classics - Bach, Beethoven, Strauss, Vivaldi, Dvorak, Chopin, Mozart

Label: Supraphon Catalog: 4013 Release Date: 10/26/2010 Number of Discs: 10
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Antonín Dvorák, Leos Janácek ...
Performer: Jiri Reinberger, Jan Kalfus, Miroslav Kejmar, Zuzana Ruzicková ...
Conductor: Bohumil Kulínsky, Jaroslav Krcek, Milan Munclinger, Josef Vlach ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Prague Children's Chorus, Musica Bohemica, Ars Rediviva ...

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