An attractive, relatively earlyish work from Dvorak that seems, to my ears, to be influenced by earlier 19th Century composers. The later, more distinctive, composer is hinted at but only just. I have this immensely enjoyable CD which features lovely playing from the Russian PO under Yablonsky.
Much Mendelssohn in these pieces. I was at the UK (and possible world) premiere in LOndon some years ago. Ron Corp conducting the New London Orchestra.
Of course I agree with everyone who is saying that they hear Mendelssohn in this interesting early work by Dvorak, but it's not "puro Mendelssohn," as somebody put it. Lots of chords and progressions that you wouldn't hear in Mendelssohn. A little less neat and tidy than Mendelssohn, too. P.S. Quite a few of the passages (e.g. No. 5) remind me of Schumann's symphonic pieces.
An attractive, relatively earlyish work from Dvorak that seems, to my ears, to be influenced by earlier 19th Century composers. The later, more distinctive, composer is hinted at but only just. I have this immensely enjoyable CD which features lovely playing from the Russian PO under Yablonsky.
Much Mendelssohn in these pieces. I was at the UK (and possible world) premiere in LOndon some years ago. Ron Corp conducting the New London Orchestra.
The third of these sounds astonishingly like Early Sibelius (to me).
Of course I agree with everyone who is saying that they hear Mendelssohn in this interesting early work by Dvorak, but it's not "puro Mendelssohn," as somebody put it. Lots of chords and progressions that you wouldn't hear in Mendelssohn. A little less neat and tidy than Mendelssohn, too.
P.S. Quite a few of the passages (e.g. No. 5) remind me of Schumann's symphonic pieces.
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