Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) Born in Nelahozeves, near Kralupy, Bohemia. As a youth he was taught singing, the violin, organ and piano and at the Prague Organ School, he was taught continuo, harmony, modulation, the playing of chorales, improvising, and counterpoint and fugue. He began his professional career as a violist and a piano teacher. He soon began his career as a composer and went on to become his country's greatest romantic composer, excelling in every genre from opera to works for solo instruments and voices with an orchestral and chamber output of astonishing brilliance. He taught at the Prague Conservatory and went to New York for four years to take the post of artistic director and professor of composition at the National Conservatory of Music in America. Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33, (1876) Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)/Nikolaus Harnoncourt/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ( + The Golden Spinning Wheel) TELDEC 87630 (2004) Igor Ardašev (piano)/Leoš Svárovský/Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Ježek: Piano Concerto) SUPRAPHON SU 3325-2 (1997) Boris Bloch (piano)/Jonathan Darlington/Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra) ( + solo piano pieces by Chopin and Tchaikovsky) LINN ACOUSENCE CLASSCS ACO 21108 (2008) Andreas Boyde (piano)/Johannes Fritzch/Freiburg Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Schoenfield: 4 Parables) ATHENE 21 (1999) Jitka Čechová (piano)/Stanislav Vavrínek/Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Olomouc ( + Violin Concerto, Cello Concerto No. 2, Rondo and Silent Woods) CUBE BOHEMIA 2426 (2 CDs) (2006) Alexei Cherkasov (piano)/Gennady Cherkasov/Moscow Festival Orchestra (rec. 1974) ( + Cello Concerto No. 2) CLARTON CQ 0067-2 031 (1990s) Claire Désert (piano)/Theodor Guschlbauer/Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg ( + Violin Concerto and Silent Woods) VIRGIN CLASSICS 91346-2 (2007) Rudolf Firkušny (piano)/Guido Cantelli/New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1952) (included in collection: "The Art of Guido Cantelli - New York Concerts and Broadcasts, 1949-1952" MUSIC & ARTS CD 1056 (12 CDs) (2004) Rudolf Firkušny (piano)/Rafael Kubelik/Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra (rec. c. 1960) ( + Haydn: Symphonies Nos, 101 and 102, Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5, Hebrides Overture, Schumann: Symphony No, 3, Piano Concerto and Cello Concerto) ORFEO - C726143D (3 CDs) (2014). Rudolf Firkušny (piano)/Rafael Kubelik/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1944) ( + Symphony No. 8, Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8, Martinů: Symphony No. 4, Memorial to Lidice and Dobiaš: Stalingrad Cantata)) MusicWeb International Updated: August 2020 Dvořák Concertos SUPRAPHON SU 4080-2 (2 CDs) (2012) Rudolf Firkušny (piano)/Václav Neumann/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Janáček: Capriccio and Concertino) RCA VICTOR RED SEAL 60781 (1992) Rudolf Firkušny (piano)/Laszlo Somogyi/Vienna State Opera Orchestra ( + In Nature's Realm Overture, Carnival Overture and Slavonic Rhapsody No. 2) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON/WESTMINSTER 471266-2 (1997) (original LP release: WESTMINSTER WST 17044/HMV SXLP 20092) (1963) Rudolf Firkušny (piano)/Walter Susskind/St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (included in collection: "Masterworks Dvořák") BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93166 (10 CDs) (2008) (original release: VOX BOX QSVBX 5145 {3 LPs}) (1976) Rudolf Firkušny (piano)/George Szell/Cleveland Orchestra (included in collection: "The George Szell Edition - Volume 5") UNITED ARCHIVES UAR013 (3 CDs) (2007) (original LP release: COLUMBIA MASTERWORKS ML 4967/PHILIPS A01619R) (1955) Justus Frantz (piano)/Jiří Bělohlávek/Prague Symphony Orchestra ( + Carnival Overture) EURODISC/BMG 69072 (1991) Justus Frantz (piano)/Leonard Bernstein/New York Philharmonic ( + Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1) SONY CLASSICAL SMK 61828 (1999) (original LP release: COLUMBIA MASTERWORKS M 33889/CBS 76480) (1976) Justus Frantz (piano)/Helmut Müller-Brühl/Northwest German Philharmonic, Herford SCHWANN MUSICA MUNDI VMS 2037/MUSICAL HERITAGE SOCIETY MHS 3025 (LP) (1972) Paolo Giacometti (piano)/Michel Tilken/Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Schumann: Piano Concerto) CHANNEL CLASSICS 17898 (2002) Rustem Hayroudinoff (piano)/Gianandrea Noseda/BBC Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Violin Concerto) CHANDOS CHAN 10309 (2005) Martin Helmchen (piano)/Marc Albrecht/Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg ( + Schumann: Piano Concerto) PENTATONE PTC 5186333 (2009) Stephen Hough (piano)/Andris Nelsons/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ( + Schumann: Piamo Concerto) HYPERION CDA68099 (2016) Jénö Jandó (piano)/Antoni Wit/Polish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Katowice ( + The Water Goblin) NAXOS 8.550896 (1994) MusicWeb International p2 Dvořák Concertos Jakub Junek (violin)/Jan Chalupecký/Czech National Symphony Orchestra ( + Sibelius: Violin Concerto) OUT OF THE FRAME OUT 028 (2009) Ivo Kahánek(piano)/Jakub Hrůša/Bamberger Symphoniker ( + Martinů: Piano Concerto No. 4,) SUPRAPHON SU42362 (2019) Martin Kasík (piano)/Jiří Kout/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Cello Concerto) SUPRAPHON SU 3774-2 (2 CDs) (2004) Radoslav Kvapil (piano)/František Jílek/Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Humoresques) SUPRAPHON 1111132 (1990) (original LP release: SUPRAPHON 11102373) (1968) František Maxián (piano)/Karel Ančerl/Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1964) ( + Cello Concerto and Symphony No. 7) TAHRA TAH 136-7 (2 CDs) (1995) František Maxián (piano)/Václav Talich/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Cello Concerto No. 2) SUPRAPHON SU 3825-2 (2005)/REGIS RRC 1368 (2013) (original LP release: SUPRAPHON LPV 70) (1955) Rösl Molzer (piano)/Alexander von Pitamic/Munich Symphoniker Symphony Orchestra ( + Ravel: Piano Concerto in G) ZYX CLASSIC CLS 4174 (1993) ( + Cello Concerto) POINT CLASSICS 26716-2 (1997) Ivan Moravec (piano)/Jiří Bělohlávek/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 7) SUPRAPHON 1106752 (1992) ( + Janáček: Violin Concerto) SUPRAPHON/DENON COCO-70906 (2007) (original LP release: SUPRAPHON 11103030 (1982) Garrick Ohlsson (piano)/Jiří Bělohlávek/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Violin Concerto, Cello Concerto and Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9) DECCA 4786757 (6 CDs) (2014) Gerhard Oppitz (piano)/Jiří Bělohlávek/Prague Philharmonia ( + Rondo, Serenade for Winds and Nocturne) LOTOS LT00912131 (2000) Francesco Piemontesi (piano)/Jiří Bělohlávek/BBC Symphony Orchestra ( + Schumann: Piano Concerto) NAIVE V 5327 (2013) Michael Ponti (piano)/Jindřich Rohan/Prague Symphony Orchestra (included in collection: "Music From Prague Volume 1") MusicWeb International p3 Dvořák Concertos VOX BOX CDX 5148 (2 CDs) (1996) (original LP release: TURNABOUT TV 34539S) (1974) Vassily Primakov (piano)/Justin Brown/Odense Symphony Orchestra ( + Poetic Tone Pictures) BRIDGE 9309 (2009) Sviatoslav Richter (piano)/Carlos Kleiber/Bavarian State Orchestra ( + Grieg: Piano Concerto and Schumann: Piano Concerto) EMI CLASSICS 55989-2 (2 CDs) (2012) (original LP release: HMV ASD 3371/ANGEL S-37239) (1976) Sviatoslav Richter (piano)/Kiril Kondrashin/London Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1961) ( + Grieg: Piano Concerto) INTAGLIO INCD 751 (1991) (original LP release: ROCOCO 2118) (1960s) Sviatoslav Richter (piano)/Václav Smetáček/Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1966) ( + Grieg: Piano Concerto) PRAGA PRD 350058 (2012) Sviatoslav Richter (piano)/Yevgeny Svetlanov/Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra/ (rec. 1966) (included in collection: "Historical Russian Archives - Sviatoslav Richter - Concerto Edition") BRILLIANT CLASSICS 9199 (10 CDs) (2011) Bruno Rigutto (piano)/Zdeněk Mácal/Orchestre National de Radio France PG PCD 7352 (c. 1985) András Schiff (piano)/Christoph von Dohnányi/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Schumann: Introduction and Allegro Appassionato) DECCA/LONDON 417802-2 (1988) Friedrich Wührer (piano)/Rudolf Moralt/Vienna Symphony Orchestra VOX PL 7630 (LP) (1952) Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 (1879) Salvatore Accardo (violin)/Sir Colin Davis/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ( + Sibelius: Violin Concerto) PHILIPS ELOQUENCE 468144-2 (2000) (original LP release: PHILIPS 9500 406) (1980) Michael Antonello (violin)/Philip Greenberg/Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra ( + Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto No. 5 and Bruch: Scottish Fantasy) MJA PRODUCTIONS 8091934 (2CDs) (2013) Hrachya Avanesyan (violin)/Augustin Dumay/Sinfonia Varsovia ( + Romance and 4 Romantic Pieces) FUGA LIBERA FUG 588 (2011) Rachel Barton Pine (violin)/Teddy Abrams/Royal Scottish National Orchestra ( + Khachaturian: Violin concerto) AVIE AV2411 (2019) MusicWeb International p4 Dvořák Concertos Adolf Busch (violin)/Hans Münch/Basel Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1944) ( + Brahms: Violin Concerto) ARBITER 117 (1999) Guila Bustabo (violin)/Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt/Northwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1955) ( + Beethoven: Violin Concerto) TAHRA TAH 640 (2008) Sarah Chang (violin)/Sir Colin Davis/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Quintet for Piano and Strings No. 2 ) EMI CLASSICS 57521-2 (2003) Efi Christodoulou (violin)/John Carewe/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra ( + Glazunov: Violin Concerto and Sibelius: Humoresques) SOMM SOMMCD0153 (2015) Kyung-Wha Chung (violin)/Riccardo Muti/Philadelphia Orchestra ( + Romance, Bartok: Rhapsodies for Violin and Orchestra Nos. 1 and 2,) EMI CLASSICS ENCORE 86624-2 (2005) (original CD release: EMI CLASSICS CDC 49658-2) (1989) Gabriela Demeterová (violin)/Libor Pešek/Prague Symphony Orchestra ( + Suk: Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra) SUPRAPHON SU 3385-2 (1999) Johannes Denhoff (violin)/Jonas Alber/Brunswick (Braunschweig) State Orchestra ( + Romance and Mazurek) CONFIDO SOB 002 (2002) Pablo Diemecke (violin)/Paul Freeman/Slovak National Orchestra ( + Sonatina for Violin and Piano)