Composer Study: Dvorak
Recommended Listening
Chamber Music
“Humoresque”, such a famous tune, originally written for piano - here recorded by a Itzhak Perlman and Yo Yo Ma.
String Quartet in F Major “American”
Trio in E minor “Dumky” (this trio is based on a type of folk dance popular in Dvořák’s home country, the dumka.)
Piano Music
7 Humoresques for piano
Orchestra Music
Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E minor, Op. 72
Slavonic Dance No. 7 in C minor, Op. 46
Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 53
Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, B 178, “New World”
Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104, B. 191 — this wonderful old recording features a fantastic cellist
Songs
“Songs My Mother Taught Me” - this recording features a wonderful soprano, Renee Fleming