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Josef Suk/Rudolf Firkusny: Works for Violin and Piano / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Václav Neumann, Jiří Bělohlávek, conductors / RECORDED LIVE AT SPANISH HALL, PRAGUE CASTLE, SEPTEMBER 8, 1991 and AT RUDOLFINUM, PRAGUE, MAY 14, 1992 / DVD
Format: NTSC
Run time: 84 Minutes
UPC: 089948440697
- Barcode: 0089948440697
- Publisher: VAI
- Released: 2007-06-05
- Audio: DOLBY DIGITAL 2.0 ST
- Screen ratio: 4:3
- Artist: Dvorak, A.
Dvořák's Cello Concerto was written during Dvořák's stay in America. The Concerto concluded Dvořák's American stay by expressing his poignant longing for home. A touching nostalgia seizes the whole second movement, whereas the third is full of joyous expectations. As with much of his work it resounds with Czech songfulness and Dvořákian emotionalism, qualities that are vividly expressed in this perfor-
mance by the acclaimed cellist Gustav Rivinius. Dvořák's Piano Concerto was written in 1876. As opposed to the then prevailing ideas of virtuosity, Dvořák wrote a relatively modest piano part, concentrating on its musical content. The first movement sounds both heroic and contemplative, the second testifies to Dvořák's sense of musical poetry and the third sounds impassioned as well as dance-like. The work's value soon proved itself, leading to performances by the world's top pianists, among them the legendary Czech pianist Rudolf Firkušný. The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra is led by two of its most esteemed past music directors, Václav Neumann (director from 1968-1990) in the Cello Concerto and Jiří Bělohlávek (director from 1990-1992) in the Piano Concerto.
Antonin Dvorak
- Cello Concerto in B minor, B. 191 (Op. 104)
- Gustav Rivinius, cello
- Piano Concerto in G minor, B. 63 (Op. 33)
- Rudolf Firkušný, piano
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Václav Neumann, Jiří Bělohlávek, conductors
RECORDED LIVE AT SPANISH HALL, PRAGUE CASTLE, SEPTEMBER 8, 1991 (CELLO CONCERTO)
RECORDED LIVE AT RUDOLFINUM, PRAGUE, MAY 14, 1992 (PIANO CONCERTO)
1991/1992 BVA INTERNATIONAL (ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)
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DESIGN, PACKAGING, AND DVD AUTHORING 2007 VIDEO ARTISTS INTERNATIONAL, INC. (ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)
PRODUCED FOR DVD BY ALLAN ALTMAN DESIGN: RAYMOND EDWARDS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER FOR DVD: ERNEST GILBERT
