Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 2 in B minor, Op. 104

Adagio, ma non troppo


  • Recorded: 5th October 1976
  • Record Place: The Dvořák Hall of Rudolfinum, Prague
  • First Release: 1977
  • (P) 1977 SUPRAPHON
  • Genre: Orchestral

Artists

  • conductor: Václav Neumann
  • music by: Antonín Dvořák
  • musical group: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
  • cello: Miloš Sádlo

Album

Various Artists

The Best of Czech Classics. Dvořák – Concertos

Catalogue Number: SU 3965-2
Published: 24th October 2008
Genre: Orchestral
Format: 3 disks
You would be hard pressed indeed to find a great cellist who didn't have Dvořák's Concerto in B minor in his repertoire. There are dozens of recordings of various interpretations of the piano and violin concertos, which are among the very finest that have ever been written for these instruments. This collection, intended for Dvořák devotees, also contains the lesser-known Cello Concerto in A major in orchestral instrumentation, originally composed with piano accompaniment. The smaller mood pieces for violin (Mazurek, Romance), cello (Rondo, Silent Woods) and orchestra supplementing this collection are a certain antipode to the large concertos. If there can be said to be a "Dvořák" interpretative tradition, then the soloists on this CD, headed by the violinist Josef Suk (by the way, the composer's great-grandson) and the pianist Ivan Moravec, are undoubtedly its standard-bearers. And would it be possible to name an orchestra more deeply rooted in the Dvořák tradition than theCzech Philharmonic (conducted at one time by Dvořák himself)? This CD presents Dvořák's complete concertante oeuvre performed by those with a true calling. Dvořák's complete concertante oeuvre performed by those with a true calling

Disk 1

Antonín Dvořák
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 1 in A major
1. Andante. Allegro assai /att./ 13:23
2. Lento cantabile 06:47
3. Rondo. Allegro risoluto 13:06
Antonín Dvořák
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G minor, Op. 33
4. Allegro agitato 18:04
5. Andante sostenuto 08:58
6. Finale. Allegro con fuoco 09:52

Disk 2

Antonín Dvořák
1. Romance for Violin and Orchestra in F minor, Op. 11 12:12
Antonín Dvořák
2. Mazurek for Violin and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 49 05:50
Antonín Dvořák
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 53
3. Allegro, ma non troppo 11:10
4. Adagio, ma non troppo 10:27
5. Finale. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo 10:11

Disk 3

Antonín Dvořák
Silent Woods for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68 No. 5
1. Silent Woods 05:53
Antonín Dvořák
2. Rondo for Cello and Orchestra in minor, Op. 94 07:04
Antonín Dvořák
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 2 in B minor, Op. 104
3. Allegro 15:05
4. Adagio, ma non troppo 11:18
5. Finale. Allegro moderato 12:42