Farewells
Donald Macleod explores Dvorak's last months in America, a period marred by the deaths of his father and his great friend, the conductor Hans von Bulow.
Donald Macleod explores Dvorak's last months in America, a period marred by the deaths of this father and his great friend, the conductor Hans von Bulow. The music includes the composer's Biblical Songs - written in the immediate aftermath of his bereavements - as well as the composition that was to prove his final farewell to his adopted home: the virtuosic Cello Concerto in B minor.
Dvorak, arr. Art Tatum: Humoresque in G flat
Art Tatum (piano)
ASV CDAJA5164 - Tr 15
Biblical Songs (excerpts)
Brian Rayner Cook (baritone)
Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN9002 - Trs 4-6
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op 104
Pierre Fournier (cello)
Berlin Philharmonic
George Szell (conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon 4394842 - Trs 1-3.
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Antonín Dvořák
Humoresque (Op.101`7) in G flat major
Performer: Art Tatum. Music Arranger: Art Tatum.- ASV.
- CDAJA-5164.
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Antonín Dvořák
10 Biblicke pisne [Biblical songs] B.189, arr. Dvorak & Zemanek for voice and orchestra [orig. with piano]
Performer: Brian Rayner Cook. Performer: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- CHANDOS.
- CHAN-9002.
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Antonín Dvořák
Concerto in B minor Op.104 for cello and orchestra
Performer: Pierre Fournier. Performer: BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA. Conductor: George Szell.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
- DG-4394842.
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