Antonín Dvořák
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904) was a Czech composer whose music fused the folk rhythms and melodies of Bohemia and Moravia with the Romantic symphonic tradition, earning lasting international renown.
Chamber works, songs and orchestral scores remain central to the repertoire. The String Quartet in F major, Op. 96, the American, written on a summer stay in Spillville, Iowa, and the symphony From the New World carry the imprint of his years in the United States, while the Slavonic Dances and arrangements from Cypresses show how deeply Bohemian song and dance shaped his voice.
Smaller pieces such as Silent Woods and Songs My Mother Taught Me are still widely performed and recorded.
Compositions by Antonín Dvořák appear on
Souvenir
An engaging collection of violin and piano works, several drawn from the Australian Music Examinations Board violin syllabus, spanning salon pieces, spirituals and early Mozart.
Evocations: The Poet
David Pereira (cello) and David Bollard (piano) offer an unusual selection from the romantic cello repertoire, with short lyrical works by Fauré, Delius, Kodály, Dvořák and others.