[10/14/2011] Preview: Counting back from 8 to 7, then jumping forward to 9, we arrive at Dvořák's "New World" Symphony (continued)

The actual opening of Dvořák's New World Symphony

INSTEAD, YOU COULD START YOUR FIRST MOVEMENT THIS WAY:

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Giving you:

DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 (From the New World): i. Adagio; Allegro molto

Vienna Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan, cond. DG, recorded February 1985 [audio link]


AND YOU COULD START YOUR LARGO LIKE SO:

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Giving you:

DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 (From the New World): ii. Largo

Berlin Philharmonic, Rafael Kubelik, cond. DG, recorded June 1972 [audio link]


IN THIS WEEK'S SUNDAY CLASSICS POST

We bring our series of posts on Dvořák's Seventh and Eighth Symphonies to its logical, rousing conclusion with the composer's Ninth Symphony, the New World.


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