Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104 & "Dumky" Trio, Op. 90

Featuring

Simon Gaudenz
Sebastian Klinger
Milana Chernyavska
Lisa Batiashvili
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern
Antonín Dvořák

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Composition History

Dvořák's Cello Concerto in B Minor was primarily composed in New York between November 1894 and February 1895, expressing a longing for his homeland.

Composition History

The Cello Concerto was dedicated to cellist Hanuš Wihan, but disagreements over certain passages and a cadenza led to Leo Stern performing the premiere in London.

Compositional Technique

The title 'Dumky' for the Piano Trio refers to a Ukrainian word for a type of folk poetry, usually melancholic, which Dvořák translated into music with abrupt mood changes.

Compositional Technique

Dvořák incorporated a private note into his Cello Concerto by quoting his art song 'Lasst mich allein in meinen Träumen geh'n' in the second and final movements.

Composer Biography

The song quotation in the Cello Concerto was a remembrance of Dvořák's former youth love, Josefina Čermáková, who became his sister-in-law and passed away during the concerto's composition.

Performer Biography

Sebastian Klinger, the cellist on this recording, plays on an instrument made by Camillus Camilli in Mantua in 1736.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Dvořák, the composer, believed that having a beautiful idea was not special; true art lay in executing that idea well and creating something great from it.