Antonin Dvorak

Dvorak's B-minor concerto gives the orchestra an unusually substantial partnership with the cello. Written during his American period, it includes a quotation from one of his songs associated with Josefina Kounicova,...

Dvorak's two sets of Slavonic Dances use the rhythmic characters of regional dances while supplying his own melodies. The first set draws mainly on Czech models; the second broadens the range to other Slavic dance...

Dvorak composed the Sixth for conductor Hans Richter and dedicated it to him. The four-movement work combines a broad opening, a lyrical Adagio and a scherzo based on the strongly accented Czech furiant. Its eventual...

Dvorak's Seventh is darker and more concentrated than the Eighth Symphony that followed it. Written for London, it combines a tense D-minor opening with a lyrical slow movement, a rhythmically layered scherzo, and a...

Dvorak's Eighth Symphony was composed in the surroundings of his country home at Vysoka. A brief darker opening gives way to a bright flute idea, and the score continually changes between reflective and energetic...

Dvorak wrote the New World Symphony during his American residence, bringing his own musical language into contact with sounds and ideas he encountered there. Its broad English-horn Largo melody was later adapted into...