Caddy, Davinia Great Composers in Word and Music.

Read by Nicholas Boulton

The music of Bohemian composer Antonín Dvořák is suffused with natural nobility, fluency and freshness, and embodies the spirit of his native land. This revealing biography portrays Dvořák as a complex and wide-ranging composer, and explores the creation and performance of his music as well as its reception on both sides of the Atlantic, tracing his art in all its richness and variety. Musical excerpts include the Cello Concerto, the 'New World' Symphony and the Slavonic Dances, as well as selected chamber pieces, songs, opera excerpts, and more

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