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Title:
Dvořak in Prague [CD] : a celebration.
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Publication Information:
New York : Sony Classical, 1994, p1993.
Physical Description:
1 compact disc (64 min., 50 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
General Note:
The 3rd, 10th and 11th works originally for piano, 4 hands; the 4th work originally for piano.
Vocal portions sung in Czech.
Title from container.
Produced as a television program by Sony Classical Film & Video, Czech Television, and Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen in association with Pragokoncert and MJI, PBS, AVRO; executive producer, Peter Gelb.
Program notes in English by Ileene [sic] Smith (8 p. : ports.) in container.
Performers:
Rudolf Firkušný, piano ; Yo-Yo Ma, cello ; Itzhak Perlman, violin ; Frederica Von Stade, mezzo-soprano ; Prague Philharmonic Chorus ; Boston Symphony Orchestra (1st-6th, 10th-11th works) ; Seiji Ozawa, conductor (1st-6th, 10th-11th works).
Contents:
Carnival overture : op. 92 (9:32) -- Romance for violin and orchestra in F minor op. 11 (Itzhak Perlman, violin) (11:28) -- Klid = Silent woods : for cello and orchestra, op. 68 no. 5 (Yo-Yo Ma, cello) (6:20) -- Humoresque in G-flat major, op. 101 no. 7 / transcribed for violin, cello and orchestra by Oskar Morawetz (Itzhak Perlman ; Yo-Yo Ma) (3:32) -- Rusalka. Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém = O Moon high up in the deep sky : Act 1 (Frederica Von Stade, mezzo-soprano) (6:55) -- Psalm 149 : Sing unto the Lord a new song : for chorus and orchestra, op. 79 (Prague Philharmonic Chorus) (9:00) -- Humoresque in E-flat minor, op. 101 no. 1 (Rudolf Firkušný, piano) (2:15) -- Gypsy melodies : for voice & piano, op. 55. No. 4, Kdyz mne stara matka = Songs my mother taught me ; No. 5, Struna naladena = Tune thy strings (Frederica Von Stade ; Rudolf Firkušný) (3:22) -- Dumky trio : op. 90. 5th mov't, Allegro (Rudolf Firkušný ; Itzhak Perlman ; Yo-Yo Ma) (3:53) -- Slavonic dance : in E minor op. 72 no. 2 / transcribed for violin, cello and orchestra by Oskar Morawetz (Itzhak Perlman ; Yo-Yo Ma) (5:00) -- Slavonic dance : in C major, op. 72 no. 7 (3:33).
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Language:
Czech
