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Dvořák: 2 Serenades / Vavřínek, Mardirossian, Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
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Dvořák: 2 Serenades / Vavřínek, Mardirossian, Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice

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Details

Composer
Antonin Dvorak
Artist
Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Feb 16, 2024
Catalog #
BRI97030
UPC
5028421970301

About

New Czech recordings of perennially popular serenades from the pen of Dvorak at a turning point in his career, full of freshness, Bohemian charm and flowing melodies. The Serenades for Strings and Winds never get old, and never lose their appeal, especially in the hands of musicians who feel this music in their bones. The opening of the Serenade for Strings issues the warmest welcome to a world poised between the 18th and 19th centuries, looking back in terms of its reassuring character as music for nocturnal entertainment, yet also unmistakably belonging to the Czech composer’s own place and time – Prague, 1875 – with its Bohemian turn of harmony and yearning cantabile. Composed three years later as a counterpart, the Serenade for Winds marks a development in the composer’s technique – more elegant handling of counterpoint and melodic development – from the earlier work. At the same time, the Mozartian air of good-natured humour is even stronger. Both serenades relax into slow movements of poetry without pathos, and each of them was composed within less than a fortnight’s work, testifying to the inspiration felt by the composer as he worked at his material. The melodies seem to come, as Richard Strauss later said of himself, as easily as a cow giving milk.

The Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra Pardubice has made several albums of Czech repertoire for Brilliant Classics and Piano Classics, most recently the neglected Piano Concerto of Dvorak (PCL10272), as well as the complete piano concertante works of Chopin with Ekaterina Litvinseva, and the Cello Concerto of Dvorak (95696). The recording was made under studio conditions in the orchestra’s home concert hall, yielding a warm, transparent sound which is ideally suited to these intimate pieces.

Tracklist 10 tracks

  1. 1 I. Moderato 04:45
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Moderato
    Duration
    04:45
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Stanislav Vavřínek
  2. 2 II. Tempo di valse 07:06
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Tempo di valse
    Duration
    07:06
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Stanislav Vavřínek
  3. 3 III. Scherzo: Vivace 05:53
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Vivace
    Duration
    05:53
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Stanislav Vavřínek
  4. 4 IV. Larghetto 05:00
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Larghetto
    Duration
    05:00
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Stanislav Vavřínek
  5. 5 V. Finale: Allegro vivace 06:11
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Finale: Allegro vivace
    Duration
    06:11
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Stanislav Vavřínek
  6. 6 Klid (Silent Woods), Op. 68, No. 5, B. 182 05:53
    Track
    6
    Title
    Klid (Silent Woods), Op. 68, No. 5, B. 182
    Duration
    05:53
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Petr Nouzovský
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Stanislav Vavřínek
  7. 7 I. Moderato quasi marcia 04:21
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Moderato quasi marcia
    Duration
    04:21
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Vahan Mardirossian
  8. 8 II. Menuetto 05:51
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Menuetto
    Duration
    05:51
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Vahan Mardirossian
  9. 9 III. Andante con moto 08:41
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Andante con moto
    Duration
    08:41
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Vahan Mardirossian
  10. 10 IV. Finale 06:04
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Finale
    Duration
    06:04
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Vahan Mardirossian