In Class and at Home
Donald Macleod discusses Dvorak's time as a teacher - as director of the National Conservatory in New York. The music includes arrangements of Stephen Foster's Old Folks at Home.
Donald Macleod discusses Dvorak's time as a teacher - as director of the National Conservatory in New York. The music includes the composer's arrangements of Stephen Foster's song Old Folks at Home, written for a charity fundraiser and sung by the African-American congregation of his local church.
String Quartet No 12 in F, Op 96 (American)
Hagen Quartet
Deutsche Grammophon DG4196012 - Trs 1-4
Piano Suite in A, Op 98a
Stefan Veselka (piano)
Naxos 8447478 - Trs 5-9
Stephen Foster, arr. Dvorak: Old Folks at Home
Arthur Woodley (bass-baritone)
The Collegiate Chorale
Harmonie Ensemble New York
Steven Richman (conductor)
MUSIC AND ARTS CD926 - Tr 11.
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Antonín Dvořák
Quartet no. 12 in F major Op.96 (American) for strings
Performer: Hagen Quartett.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
- dg-419 601-2.
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Antonín Dvořák
Suite in A major Op.98a for piano vers. original
Performer: Stefan Veselka.- NAXOS.
- 844747-8.
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Stephen Foster
The Old folks at home, arr. Dvorak for baritone, chorus and ensemble
Conductor: Steven Richman. Performer: Arthur Woodley. Performer: MasterVoices. Performer: New York Harmonie Ensemble.- MUSIC & ARTS.
- CD-926.
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