Dvorak’s cello works include arrangements for cello and piano of Slavonic Dances from Opus 48, the famous Concerto in B minor Op. 104 and the brilliant Polonaise in A major. Dvorak wrote the Polonaise for the cellist Alois Neruda, a colleague in the orchestra of the Provisional Theater in Prague, who took part in numerous first performances of chamber-music works by Dvorak. The Polonaise was written in 1879, shortly before a concert in which the Piano Trio in G minor Op. 26 was most likely performed for the first time. Dvorak probably wanted to offer the cellist - like the violinist Ferdinand Lachner - a virtuoso solo piece. Soon after its premiere, the piece fell into oblivion and the autograph was lost. It was recovered posthumously and published in 1936.
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Antonin Dvořák
Polonaise for Cello and Piano, in A Major B. 94 Play
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Dvorak’s cello works include arrangements for cello and piano of Slavonic Dances from Opus 48, the famous Concerto in B minor Op. 104 and the brilliant Polonaise in A major. Dvorak wrote the Polonaise for the cellist Alois Neruda, a colleague in the orchestra of the Provisional Theater in Prague, who took part in numerous first performances of chamber-music works by Dvorak. The Polonaise was written in 1879, shortly before a concert in which the Piano Trio in G minor Op. 26 was most likely performed for the first time. Dvorak probably wanted to offer the cellist - like the violinist Ferdinand Lachner - a virtuoso solo piece. Soon after its premiere, the piece fell into oblivion and the autograph was lost. It was recovered posthumously and published in 1936.
More music by Antonin Dvořák
String Quintet No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 97
Allegro appassionato, from Four Romantic Pieces, Op.75
Romance in f minor, Op. 11
Humoresque
Piano Trio in F Minor, Op. 65
Romance in f minor, Op. 11
Rondo for cello and piano Op 94
Slavonic Dance in A-Flat Major, Op. 46 No. 3
Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81
String Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 97
Performances by same musician(s)
5 Stücke im Volkston for Cello and Piano, Op. 102
Seven Variations on “Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen” from Die Zauberflote by Mozart
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