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Dvorák: The Late String Quartets & Terzetto / Guarneri Quartet

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Terzetto for 2 violins & viola in C major, B. 148 (Op. 74); Quartet for Strings no 11 in C major, B. 121 (Op.61); Quartet for Strings no 12 in F major, Op. 96/B 179 "American"; Q...
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Ensemble: Guarneri Quartet

Dvorak wrote a total of 14 string quartets throughout his career. His earlier chamber works are formally experimental and tonally ambitious. The quartets of his...continue...
Recording information: New York, USA (1965-06-04&1965-06-07&1965-); Webster Hall New York, USA (1965-06-04&1965-06-07&1965-); New York, USA (1972-01-10_1972-11-??&1972-); Webster Hall New York, USA (1...continue...

Smetana: Ma Vlast; Nature's Realm / Dorati - Concertgebouw

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Má Vlast (My Fatherland), symphonic poems (6), JB 1; Antonin Dvorák: In Nature's Realm (V prírode), concert overture, B. 168 (Op. 91)
Conductors: Dorati, Antal
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Smetana's Má vlast (My Country) embodies both Czech nationhood and the country's legendary history and was written when Smetana was at the height of his...continue...
Recording information: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (10/1986)....continue...

Rita Streich sings Waltzes & Arias

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-06-28

Works: Johann Strauss II: Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410; Die Tänzerin Fanny Elssler; Camille Saint-Saëns: Le rossignol; Giuseppe Verdi: Lo spazzacamino, song for voice & piano; Benjamin Godard: J...
Performers: Streich, Rita
Conductors: Gaebel, Kurt
Ensemble: Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin

"...she delights the ear from start to finish. Highly recommended, this true Original." -Gramophone Magazine...continue...
Recording information: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin, Germany....continue...

Stokowski conducts Vaughan Williams, Dvorák & Purcell

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2010-10-26

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aenaeas; Antonin Dvorák: Serenade for Strings
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold

International Record Review - Nigel Simeone
The Small Desmar label made two recordings with Leopold Stokowski in 1975, when the conductor was 93. They were released...continue...
Recording information: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (08/16/1975); No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (08/18/1975-08/19/1975)....continue...

Dvorák: Symphoines 8 & 9; The Noonday Witch; In Nature's Realm / Ozawa

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2010-07-27

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 8 in G major, Op. 88/B 163; Noon Witch, Op. 108/B 196; Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"; In Nature's Realm Overture, Op. 91
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji

Antonin Dvorak's last two symphonies, the light, sunny Eighth and the American-themed Ninth, are complemented by two rarely performed tone poems containing some of the...continue...
Recording information: Groáer Saal, Musikverein, Vienna, Austria....continue...