Dvorak and America - Hiawatha Melodrama

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
June 10, 2014
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      DVORAK HOROWITZ FARWELL
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Postclassical Ensemble
    • PERFORMER
      Pasternack, Deas, University Of Texas Chamber Singers, Morrow, Gil-Ordonez
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Prologue

      Composer: Joseph Horowitz, Michael Beckerman

      Performer: Kevin Deas

    2. II. Hiawatha's Wooing

      Composer: Joseph Horowitz, Michael Beckerman

      Ensemble: PostClassical Ensemble

      Performer: Kevin Deas

      Conductor: Angel Gil-Ordóñez

    3. III. Hiawatha's Wedding Feast

      Composer: Joseph Horowitz, Michael Beckerman

      Ensemble: PostClassical Ensemble

      Performer: Kevin Deas

      Conductor: Angel Gil-Ordóñez

    4. IV. The Death of Minnehaha

      Composer: Joseph Horowitz, Michael Beckerman

      Ensemble: PostClassical Ensemble

      Performer: Kevin Deas

      Conductor: Angel Gil-Ordóñez

    5. V. The Hunting of Pau-Puk-Keewis

      Composer: Joseph Horowitz, Michael Beckerman

      Ensemble: PostClassical Ensemble

      Performer: Kevin Deas

      Conductor: Angel Gil-Ordóñez

    6. VI. Epilogue: Hiawatha's Departure

      Composer: Joseph Horowitz, Michael Beckerman

      Ensemble: PostClassical Ensemble

      Performer: Kevin Deas

      Conductor: Angel Gil-Ordóñez

    7. Goin' Home (after Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178, "From the New World": II. Largo)

      Composer: William Arms Fisher

      Ensemble: PostClassical Ensemble

      Performer: Kevin Deas

      Conductor: Angel Gil-Ordóñez

    8. Violin Sonatina in G Major, Op. 100: II. Larghetto

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Zhou Qian, Edmund Battersby

    9. No. 4. Poco andante in F Major

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Benjamin Pasternack

    10. No. 7. Poco lento e grazioso in G-Flat Major

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Benjamin Pasternack

    11. I. Moderato

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Benjamin Pasternack

    12. II. Molto vivace

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Benjamin Pasternack

    13. III. Allegretto

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Benjamin Pasternack

    14. IV. Andante

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Benjamin Pasternack

    15. V. Allegro

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Benjamin Pasternack

    16. Navajo War Dance No. 2

      Composer: Arthur Farwell

      Performer: Benjamin Pasternack

    17. From Mesa and Plain, Op. 20: No. 2. Pawnee Horses

      Composer: Arthur Farwell

      Performer: Benjamin Pasternack

    18. 4 Indian Songs, Op. 102: No. 3. Pawnee Horses

      Composer: Arthur Farwell

      Ensemble: University of Texas Chamber Singers

      Conductor: James Morrow


The centerpiece of this program is the first ever recording of the Hiawatha Melodrama, a concert work for narrator and orchestra designed to show the kinship between Dvořák's New World Symphony and Longfellow’s poem The Song of Hiawatha, which Dvořák said had inspired him in the symphony. It takes music from the symphony, as well as passages from the American Suite and Violin Sonatina, and fuses them with the poem, which is recited by a bass-baritone. Also included is music by Arthur Farwell, who was influenced by Dvořák, and was a proponent of Native American music. This recording thus celebrates the crosscurrent of influences between the Czech composer and American music and culture.