IDAGIO | Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B Minor - Smetana: Die Moldau 5902547008042

Featuring

Robert Kabara
Susanne Szambelan
Sinfonietta Cracovia
Antonín Dvořák
Bedřich Smetana

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Composition History

Dvořák initially detested the solo cello, finding its high register too nasal and its bass too indistinct, which led him to abandon an early cello concerto.

Recording & Production

This album was recorded in the Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic in the Cracow Concert Hall on April 29-30, 2013.

Composition History

Dvořák's Cello Concerto in B minor was influenced by Victor Herbert's Cello Concerto in E minor, which showed Dvořák how to balance a solo cello with a large orchestra.

Composer Biography

Bedřich Smetana, like Beethoven, continued composing even after becoming completely deaf in 1874, creating major instrumental works based on experience and imagination.

Composer Biography

Antonín Dvořák, like Mozart, married the younger sister of the woman he originally loved, who chose to marry someone else.

Composer Biography

Both Dvořák and Mozart composed beautiful music for instruments they disliked; Dvořák for the cello and Mozart for the flute.

Composition History

The ending of Dvořák's Cello Concerto in B minor was changed after he learned of the death of Josefina Čermáková-Kaunitzova, his wife's older sister and the love of his life.