The piano pieces - later orchestrated - that established Dvořák's international reputation. In the late nineteenth century, piano-duet sheet music was the iTunes download of its day. In almost every ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. From the age of eight or nine Simon Rattle bought recordings by the Czech Philharmonic on the Czech national ...

Performed by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by J. Bělohlávek. Slavonic Dances are among the most popular works by Antonín Dvořák and Czech Romantic music in general. The first series, ...

Due to the popularity of his first set of Slavonic Dances, Dvořák’s publisher asked him to compose more. Initially he didn’t want to do it and wrote to the publisher saying “I am not at all in the ...

He was the son of a butcher from Nelahozeves whose talent literally touched the moon…and changed the course of music history forever. Antonin Dvořák, one of the great composers of his time, may not be ...

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Antonín Dvořák. In an era overloaded with brooding and overwrought, Romantic sensibilities, Antonín Dvořák’s music shone with grace and joy and humanity.