Antonin Dvorak - Cello Concerto / Cello: Mstislav Rostropovich / Conducted: Vaclav Talich / Czech Phillharmonic Orchestra / SUPRAPHON LP SUA 10125

Antonín Leopold Dvořák (8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was a Czech composer, one of the first to achieve worldwide recognition. Following the Romantic-era nationalist example of his predecessor Bedřich Smetana, Dvořák frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák's own style has been described as "the fullest recreation of a national idiom with that of the symphonic tradition, absorbing folk influences and finding effective ways of using them"