Dvorak: Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85 / Dumka and Furiant, Op. 12
11/1/2004, 17 Tracks, 1:11:28
Featuring
Stefan Veselka
Antonín Dvořák
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Composer Biography
Antonín Dvořák, the composer, was born in 1841 as the son of a butcher and innkeeper, and was initially expected to follow the family trade.
Composition History
Dvořák's music gained wider recognition and material assistance through an Austrian government award, which brought his work to the attention of critic Eduard Hanslick and composer Johannes Brahms.
Cultural Impact
Johannes Brahms arranged for the publication of Dvořák's Moravian Duets and commissioned his Slavonic Dances, which introduced Dvořák's music to a much wider public.
Performer Biography
Stefan Veselka, the pianist on this recording, was born in Norway to Czech parents and is related to the composer Leoš Janáček.
Composer Biography
Dvořák earned a living as a viola player in a band that later formed the nucleus of the Czech Provisional Theatre Orchestra, where Bedřich Smetana was appointed conductor.
Composer Biography
Dvořák served as director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York, an institution intended to foster American music, and his time there influenced works like his Symphony 'From the New World'.
