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Life and Works: DVORAK (Siepmann)

Life and Works - Dvořák
Author and Narrator: Jeremy Siepmann
Sean Barrett as Dvořák
Other roles taken by Jonathan Keeble, Garrick Hagon, Caroline Friend, Daniel Philpott, Michael Tudor Barnes
4 CDs
136-page booklet
ISBN: 1-84379-070-X
8.558101-04

One of the best loved composers of all time, Dvořák rose from rural origins to become not only a great but an influential composer. The first composer to put his native Bohemia on the musical map of the world, he was invited to do the same for America. One result was the famous 'New World' Symphony, which made him a household name across the globe. Writing music of irresistible colour, lilt and peasant vitality, he was also a melodist-in-a-million. This portrait-in-sound follows a lovable and in many ways a very simple man from haycart to imperial palace, from tragic loss to heart-warming joy, to pigeon-raising and world celebrity.

Disc 1

Dvorak, Antonin

Life and Works

1.	Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op. 46 No. 8 00:13:50

2.	Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88 (mvt 3: Allegretto grazioso - Molto vivace) 00:01:39

3.	A secret life: early manhood, determination and first love 00:07:34

4.	Cypresses, B. 152 (No. 3: When thy sweet glances) 00:02:36

5.	A change of job, marriage and increasing success 00:05:55

6.	Symphony No. 3 in E flat, Op. 10 (mvt 1: Allegro moderato) 00:03:34

7.	Hope, grief and sublimation - Stabat mater, Op. 58 (Quando corpus morietur) 00:07:18

8.	International celebrity and a deceptive simplicity 00:03:18

9.	Serenade in E for strings, Op. 22 (mvt 2: Walzer) 00:02:21

10.	A new championing, a new friendship: Brahms weighs in 00:07:06

11.	String Quartet in D minor, Op. 34 (mvt 1: Allegro) 00:09:23

Disc 2

Dvorak, Antonin

Life and Works

1.	A populist commission 00:00:42

2.	Slavonic Dance in C, Op. 46 No. 1 00:01:38

3.	An amateur pianist's dream 00:00:27

4.	Slavonic Dance in A, Op. 46 No. 5 00:02:58

5.	A token of gratitude 00:03:42

6.	Serenade for wind instruments, Op. 44 (mvt 1: Moderato, quasi marcia) 00:03:50

7.	An explosion of popularity - on both sides of the Atlantic 00:02:01

8.	Romance in F minor for violin and orchestra, Op. 11 00:03:10

9.	Personal glimpses: the outer man 00:03:52

10.	Symphony No. 6 in D, Op. 60 (mvt 1: Allegro non tanto) 00:04:28

11.	The anti - Czech stance of Vienna 00:04:39

12.	Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 65 (mvt 3: Poco adagio) 00:04:45

13.	Dvorak in London 00:04:49

14.	Vysoka: a new home, a simple life 00:07:11

15.	The second London visit 00:01:28

16.	Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70 (mvt 1: Allegro maestoso) 00:05:08

17.	Dvorak the conductor 00:03:37

18.	Czech Suite, Op. 39 (Preludium: Pastorale) 00:01:15

19.	London, Brimingham - and Brighton Belles 00:05:02

20.	Dvorak the Czech 00:04:27

21.	Symphony No. 6 in D, Op. 60 (mvt 3: Scherzo: Furiant) 00:03:31

Disc 3

Dvorak, Antonin

Life and Works

1.	Discord with Simrock 00:05:36

2.	Slavonic Dance in A for piano duet, Op. 72 No. 15 00:03:13

3.	'Orchestrate!' 00:00:41

4.	Slavonic Dance in B, Op. 72 No. 1 00:03:44

5.	Dvorak in Leeds 00:04:06

6.	Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81 (mvt 3: Finale: Allegro con brio) 00:04:05

7.	Dvorak and Tchaikovsky 00:03:17

8.	Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (Act III: Polonaise) 00:01:33

9.	Dvorak in Russia 00:04:59

10.	Scherzo capriccioso, Op. 66 00:05:21

11.	Dvorak the teacher 00:08:41

12.	Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A, K. 201 (mvt 4: Allegro con spirito) 00:04:43

13.	Dvorak in Cambridge 00:02:27

14.	Dvorak in New York 00:07:21

15.	String Quartet in F, Op. 96 ('American' - mvt 1: Allegro ma non troppo) 00:07:43

Disc 4

Dvorak, Antonin

Life and Works

1.	Dvorak in Iowa 00:03:20

2.	Sonatina in G for violin and piano, Op. 100 (mvt 2: Larghetto) 00:01:04

3.	Niagara Falls 00:00:37

4.	Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 ('From the New World' - mvt 1: Adagio - Allegro molto) 00:04:44

5.	The dark side 00:08:25

6.	Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 (mvt 3: Finale: Allegro moderato - Andante - Allegro vivo) 00:05:32

7.	Home again 00:03:32

8.	Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 ('From the New World' - mvt 4: Allegro con fuoco) 00:02:24

9.	The death of Brahms and a change of direction 00:05:14

10.	A Hero's Song, Op. 111 00:02:23

11.	The return to opera 00:11:07

12.	Rusalka (Act I: Song to the Moon) 00:05:50

13.	Distraction, disappointment and death 00:11:19

14.	Symphony No. 6 in D, Op. 60 (mvt 4: Finale: Allegro con spirito) 00:04:20

Total Playing Time: 04:34:35

Composer(s):
Dvorak, Antonin

Reader(s):
Barrett, Sean

Label: Naxos Educational

Series: Life and Works

Genre: Music Biographies

Period: Romantic

Catalogue No: 8.558101-04

Barcode: 0636943810125

Physical Release: 01/2004


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