Antonín Dvořák: Symphonies No. 8 & No. 9 "From the New World"

Featuring

Frantisek Stupka
Czech Philharmonic
Antonín Dvořák

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Recording & Production

This album features live recordings of Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 from January 1964 and Symphony No. 8 from January 1959, both performed in Prague.

Performer Biography

František Stupka, the conductor on this album, was born in 1879 in Bohemia and initially trained as a master blacksmith before enrolling at the Prague Conservatory in 1895.

Performer Biography

František Stupka, the conductor, worked in Russia for 18 years, serving as concertmaster with the Odessa Opera and as a professor at the Odessa Conservatory.

Composition History

Dvořák's Eighth Symphony was published in London and for a time was known as the 'English Symphony' due to his immense popularity there.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Dvořák intended his Eighth Symphony to be different from his previous works, with 'individual thoughts worked out in a new way,' featuring an experimental formal structure.

Composition History

Dvořák's Ninth Symphony, 'From the New World,' was written in New York between February and May 1893 and first heard at a public rehearsal in Carnegie Hall.