IDAGIO | Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 - Smetana: Vltava 4260313960088

Featuring

Karel Ančerl
Wiener Symphoniker
Antonín Dvořák
Bedřich Smetana

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Recording & Production

This recording of Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 and Smetana's 'Vltava' was made in Vienna's Musikverein between February 8-10, 1958.

Performer Biography

Karel Ančerl was the only member of his family and almost the only participant in the Theresienstadt propaganda film to survive imprisonment in Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Performer Biography

Karel Ančerl led the Czech Philharmonic for eighteen years, from 1950 to 1968, establishing it as one of the most internationally renowned ensembles.

Composer Biography

Antonín Dvořák, a preeminent Bohemian composer, was not known for his extensive correspondence, preferring to limit his letter writing to close family and friends.

Performer Biography

Karel Ančerl, the conductor on this album, was forced to conduct the concentration camp orchestra in Theresienstadt for a National Socialist propaganda film in 1944.

Composer Biography

Antonín Dvořák received a significantly higher salary in New York for his role at the National Conservatory of Music (30,000 dollars over two years) compared to his annual salary at the Prague Conservatory (1,200 gulden).

Composition History

Dvořák's Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World,' was titled at the last moment by the maestro himself before its premiere in New York's Carnegie Hall on December 16, 1893.