Tracklist:

An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": A quiet beginning: sorrow, syncopation, and sequence
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Instrumental colour as a prime element: clarinets and bassoo
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The opening tune again, with different instrumental colourin
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The first big surprise: strings, shattering drumbeats, shrie
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Cellos and basses take us into a new key while flutes and ob
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Horns, violas, and cellos introduce a new idea, soon to evol
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": A tiny detail from the opening culminates in a wild drumming
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Introduction complete
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": A solo horn introduces the main theme, perkily answered by b
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The theme moves to G major; answering phrase from flutes, ob
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Long crescendo, tremolo strings, back to tonic and biggest s
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Transition to the secondary theme through the use of sequenc
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Three-bar groupings and again the use of sequence, spelling
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The sequence continues to rise, and the four-bar phrase retu
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The first violins start off the next phrase, but the melodic
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The violins fall silent; the violas and cellos answer with a
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": So now we have a two-bar group, made up of statement and ans
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The same thing again (though not quite the same)
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Transition complete. The secondary theme arrives, with Frenc
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The 'bagpipe drone' is taken over by cellos, with their insi
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The tune is taken up by cellos and double-basses, 'shadowed'
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The violins continue a pattern of steady pairs, and the cell
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Unexpectedly, we find ourselves back with the secondary them
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Again we hear the shortened version of the secondary theme
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The suspense is heightened as everything slows down
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": This beautiful flute tune is said to resemble 'Swing Low, Sw
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": A big crescendo leads to a final statement of the closing th
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The development section begins with a conversation between c
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The beginning of the closing theme is taken up in turn by th
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Sequential chirping from the oboes based on the 'answering'
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Much of the development comes from a diminution of the closi
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": A tiny detail becomes a major ingredient, giving an agitated
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Through a sequence of keys so quickly that it is hard to kee
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The main theme from massed cellos and double-basses, topped
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": After that major climax, we arrive at the threshold of the r
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Dvorak flouts tradition by setting the secondary theme and t
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The tumultuous convulsion of the coda brings the first movem
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Humpty Dumpty: putting the bits back together again
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": First movement (complete)
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The very opening chords unmistakably herald the arrival of s
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The role of instrumentation in setting the scene...
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": ...and in enhancing the quality of one of the most famous tu
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The cor anglais is joined by the clarinet, creating a fascin
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": For the closing part of the tune, there is another new sonor
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The closing bar is repeated by clarinets and bassoons, the h
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Back to the start to hear the whole of the story so far, thi
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": A change of scoring: the slow opening chords return, this ti
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The changes in scoring are just beginning.
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The flutes and oboes introduce a new tune, over hushed tremo
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": A memorable combination of continuous, asymmetrical melody w
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Back in that woodland glade, the light and shadows have chan
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The next section is new and forward-looking, yet also a kind
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": An abrupt change of mood, much discussion and embellishment,
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Subjectivity and expertise; Sourek and Tovey disagree; onwar
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Cue to whole movement
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Second movement (complete)
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Dvorak, Beethoven, and the Scherzo. Dvorak purposely confuse
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Using a little fanfare, Dvorak further builds up expectation
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": When the theme is revealed, we find that it is not exactly a
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Two little bursts of rhythm provide the seeds from which muc
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": It is the second half of the theme that dominates.
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Back to the beginning to hear the whole of this opening sect
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Without ever being remotely 'academic' or 'intellectual', th
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Dvorak's very Czech love of combining conflicting rhythms, s
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": A clearly transitional passage, obsessed with the rhythmic t
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Sooner than we may have expected, we seem to have arrived at
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": A new kind of tone quality sheds a subtly different light on
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The flutes and oboes now chime in with an answering variant
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": ...and the cellos and bassoons take up the original version
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": A false alarm: it was not the traditional Trio section at al
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Soon, after a very rapid build, the Scherzo proper does reac
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The orchestral texture thins dramatically, and we approach w
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The Trio section is reminiscent more of the 'Old World' than
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": In the second half of the Trio, a new tune emerges, a kind o
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The main theme of the Trio returns against a much fuller orc
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Then it is all a matter of repeats, until we reach the coda,
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Third movement (complete)
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Like the first movement, the fourth begins not with its main
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The main theme: an imposing march, introduced by trumpets an
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The main theme, part two. A codetta-like passage closes off
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The 'transitional' theme, while outwardly contrasting, is ac
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": A point of future obsession
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The second half of this 'transitional' theme is given to the
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The 'obsession' takes root, with a ten-fold repetition, befo
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The hidden traps in sonata-form terminology: 'second main th
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The unexpected entry and subsequent ubiquity of 'Three Blind
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": We meet the mice again, now in the cellos and double-basses,
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": More 'Three Blind Mice' material
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The mice return to the basement, where the bassoons have joi
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Next, they are back with the clarinets who pass them back to
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Now they return to the high winds, delicately trilling.
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Relief, at last: the mice back off, making way for a remaind
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The mice yield to woodpeckers; the main theme is now doubled
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The triplets of the 'transitional' theme are now handed down
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Reminders of past movements begin to fly by, thick and fast,
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": In fact there are three bits of quotation going on here simu
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The violas react every time the 'Goin' Home' theme is quoted
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The rhythm of the opening of the 'Goin' Home' theme dominate
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The march theme reappears as a Mendelssohnian fairy; the mai
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": We reach an interesting point: have we heard the beginning o
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Perhaps this is it? Back for a reminder of the theme proper,
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Tovey places the start of the recapitulation here.
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The main theme recast in pathetic rather than heroic terms -
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": This unexpected crisis in confidence plays a major role in t
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The main theme returns - not complete, but chopped up into s
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": A glorious thematic stew; high drama, a powerful build-up...
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The dramatic highpoint of the mov., an astonishing transform
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": The same chords again, this time blasted out by the entire w
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Now we are into the finishing stretch, but the surprises con
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Summary, context, and cue into the whole movement
An Introduction to â€¦ Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World": Fourth movement (complete)

UPC: 636943806524
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 9.17.02
Format: CD

Jeremy Siepmann - Symphony 9: Introduction to Dvorak (2 CD)