Dvorak: Piano Concerto, Op. 33 / The Water Goblin

Featuring

Antoni Wit
Jenő Jandó
Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia NOSPR
Antonín Dvořák

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Performer Biography

The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra of Katowice (PNRSO) was founded in 1935 by Grzegorz Fitelberg, and after World War II, it was resurrected in Katowice by Witold Rowicki.

Composition History

Dvořák's Piano Concerto in G minor was composed in 1876 for the Czech pianist Karel Slavkovsky, who had previously performed in Dvořák's A major Piano Quintet.

Composition History

Dvořák composed the symphonic poem The Water Goblin in 1896, drawing inspiration from a ballad by the Czech poet Karel Jaromir Erben.

Composer Biography

Antonin Dvořák's career gained wider public attention through the encouragement of Johannes Brahms, who persuaded Simrock to publish Dvořák's Moravian Duets.

Performer Biography

Jeno Jandó, the pianist on this recording, has won several piano competitions, including first prize in the 1973 Hungarian Piano Concours and a chamber music prize at the Sydney International Piano Competition in 1977.

Composer Biography

Antonin Dvořák served as the director of the new National Conservatory in New York from 1892 to 1895, a period that inspired his famous Symphony From the New World.

Critical Reception

The original version of Dvořák's Piano Concerto in G minor was often overshadowed by a revised version by Vilem Kurz, but the original is now generally preferred by interpreters like Sviatoslav Richter.