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Release Date: Friday 25 November 2022
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Antonín Dvořák's gift for melody was apparent as soon as he began writing music, and this naturally tuneful inspiration has long captured the imagination of arrangers. An expert in arranging for both orchestra and piano, Peter Breiner has selected 33 melodies in simple yet revealing piano reductions that give the listener an opportunity to journey with Dvořák through his career in Prague and ultimately overseas to America. This carefully curated programme also brings moods ranging from rustic celebration to nostalgic melancholy, and from traditional Czech dumka dances to the famous Song to the Moon, Dvořák's most prized operatic aria.
Peter Breiner is one of the world's most recorded musicians with over 200 releases and more than two million albums sold. A conductor, pianist, arranger and composer, he has conducted, often doubling as a pianist, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Mozart Orchestra, Hungarian State Radio Orchestra, and many more
Piano Quintet, Op. 81 - 2:15
II. Dumka (1887)
Piano Quintet, Op. 5 - 3:13
II. Andante sostenuto (1872)
Evening Songs - No. 2. You little, tiny birds (1876) 1:39
Slavonic Dance No. 10, Op. 72 (1886) 2:00
Romance, Op. 11 (1877) 2:12
Serenade, Op. 22 (1875) 8:00
Serenade, Op. 44 (1878) 4:36
Piano Trio No. 4 'Dumky' (1891) 9:05
Symphony No. 8 (1889) 13:09
Symphony No. 9 'From the New World' (1893) 10:17
Violin Concerto (1879) 5:48
Cello Concerto - I. Allegro (1895) 2:49
String Quartet No. 12 'American' - II. Lento (1893) 2:11
Rondo, Op. 94 (1891) 2:57
String Quintet, Op. 97 (1893) 4:55
Songs My Mother Taught Me (1880) 1:57
Song to the Moon (1900) 3:37