Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B Minor - Smetana: Overture from "The Bartered Bride" (Live) Guido Schiefen, Cologne New Philharmonic Orchestra, Volker Hartung

• Bedřich Smetana (1824 - 1884): The Bartered Bride, JB 1:100:
• 1 Overture (Live) 06:46
• Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904): Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191:
• 2 I. Allegro (Live) 15:00
• 3 II. Adagio ma non troppo (Live) 11:55
• 4 III. Finale. Allegro moderato - Andante - Allegro vivo (Live) 08:26
• Total Runtime 42:07

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Antonín Dvořák was born 1841 in Nelahozeves, a village on the Vltava River about twenty miles north of Prague at the railway line from Dresden to Vienna. His father was a butcher and innkeeper. Antonin’s father played the violin and sang, so Antonin was exposed to music early in his life. He was apprenticed to a butcher to learn the trade, but at age sixteen, his parents allowed him to study music at the organ school in Prague. Dvořák graduated in 1859 and spent fourteen years in Prague, playing viola in a small orchestra, composing music, and studying. He was not very successful as a composer until Friedrich Smetana began performing his pieces. In 1874, Dvořák received a grant from the Austrian State Musical Commission. One of the judges for this award was Johannes Brahms, who supported him from then on. Dvořák and Brahms became friends, and remained so until Brahms’ death in 1897. Dvorak began teaching at the Prague Conservatory in 1891. He was a friendly man, and on good terms with his colleagues. His students were generally fond of him.

Antonín Dvořák came from a peasant background and enjoyed the simple things in life. He was a communicative person, and he felt that great music came out of the everyday songs and sounds of people. 'Nothing must be too low or insignificant for the musician. When he walks he should listen to every whistling boy, every street singer or blind organ grinder. I myself am often so fascinated by these people that I can scarcely tear myself away, for every now and then I catch a strain or hear the fragments of a recurring melodic theme that sound like the voice of the people. These things are worth preserving, and no one should be above making a lavish use of all such suggestions.' …

Guido Schiefen, violoncello
Cologne New Philharmonic Orchestra
Volker Hartung, conductor

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