Sir Charles Mackerras – Life with Czech Music – Dvořák, Smetana

remembering Antonín Dvořák on his birthday

(September 8, 1841 – May 1, 1904)

CD 1:
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
Slavonic Dances 1st series, op.46
Slavonic Dances 2nd series, op.72

CD 2:
Symphonic Variations, op.78
Symphony No.6 in D major, op.60

CD 3:
Symphony No.8 in G major, op.88
Symphony No.9 in E minor, op.95 "From the New World"

CD 4:
Legends, op.59
Scherzo capriccioso, op.66
In Nature's Realm - overture, op.91

CD 5:
The Water Gobblin - symphonic poem, op.107
The Noon Withch - symphonic poem, op.108
The Golden Spinning Wheel - symphonic poem, op.109
The Wild Dove - symphonic poem, op.110

CD 6:
Bedřich Smetana (184-1884)
My country - cycle of symphonic poems


Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras - conductor

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