Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" & American Suite

Featuring

Nathalie Stutzmann
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Antonín Dvořák

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Composition History

The famous cor anglais theme in the second movement of Dvořák's Ninth Symphony is a Bohemian folk melody, which was the favorite of his secret love interest, his wife's sister.

Performer Biography

This album marks Nathalie Stutzmann's first purely symphonic conductor recording, adding to her more than 80 albums as a singer or singer-conductor.

Performer Biography

Nathalie Stutzmann is the only woman leading one of the most important orchestras in the United States, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

Recording & Production

This recording is a live performance, which the conductor Nathalie Stutzmann believes conveys extra life and emotion, prioritizing shared emotion over perfection.

Interpretation

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, under Nathalie Stutzmann, aims to take controlled risks in their interpretations, daring to express what they feel and serving the music by finding what lies behind the notes.

Composer Biography

Antonín Dvořák, the composer of the works on this album, spent three years in America as director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York.

Composition History

The subtitle of Dvořák's Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World', was also the name of a famous night cabaret in Prague, serving as a humorous nod to his Czech origins.