Dvorák composed the “Mass in D major” in 1887 at the suggestion of his patron Josef Hlávka for the inauguration of the Lužany castle chapel. It is written for choir and organ with sporadic passages for soloists, uses simple expressive ...

Dvorák composed the “Mass in D major” in 1887 at the suggestion of his patron Josef Hlávka for the inauguration of the Lužany castle chapel. It is written for choir and organ with sporadic passages for soloists, uses simple expressive ...

In late September 1874, shortly after losing his hearing, Smetana started work on “Vyšehrad”, the first symphonic poem in what would become a six-part cycle with the title “Má vlast” (My Country). It tells the eventful history of this ...

Dvorák composed the “Slavonic Rhapsodies” op. 45 in 1878, launching his so-called “Slavonic period”. When they were issued by the publisher Simrock the following year, these three self-contained orchestral pieces in D major, G minor ...

Dvorák composed the “Slavonic Rhapsodies” op. 45 in 1878, launching his so-called “Slavonic period”. When they were issued by the publisher Simrock the following year, these three self-contained orchestral pieces in D major, G minor ...

Dvorák composed the “Slavonic Rhapsodies” op. 45 in 1878, launching his so-called “Slavonic period”. When they were issued by the publisher Simrock the following year, these three self-contained orchestral pieces in D major, G minor ...

The “New World” Symphony, a jewel of the symphonic repertoire, is finally available in a dependable scholarly-critical edition.

Yet again Jonathan Del Mar has managed to untangle a complex network of surviving sources, some of ...