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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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Fri 7 Nov 2008 22:00

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Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Humoresque (Op.101`7) in G flat major

    Performer: Art Tatum. Music Arranger: Art Tatum.
    • ASV.
    • CDAJA-5164.
  • 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.
  • 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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