Dvořák: Serenade for Strings

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Antonín Dvořák's Serenade for Strings in E major (Czech: Smyčcová serenáda E dur), Op. 22, was composed in just two weeks in May 1875. It remains one of the composer's more popular orchestral works to this day.

0:00 - I. Moderato (Prague Chamber Orchestra, Petr Škvor)
4:23 - II. Tempo di Valse (Prague Philhrmonia, Jakub Hrůša)
11:24 - III. Scherzo: Vivace (London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green)
16:16 - IV. Larghetto (Wiener Philharmoniker, Myung-Whun Chung)
21:23 - V. Finale: Allegro vivace (London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green)

Quotes and interpretation:

The Serenade (Op. 22) was aptly entitled, since at least four of its five movements (the second of which was a delightful waltz) displayed an elegant touch suggestive of gracious living accompanied by 'serenading' in the stately home of some 18th-century aristocrat; in the finale alone did the composer discard periwig and lace cuffs, and even here the junketing, though lively, was well-bred, and in the closing moments there was a delicious return to the courtliness of the opening. Pastiche perhaps, but what excellent pastiche! Since Dvořák was as yet only on the threshold of developing an individual style, it is perhaps not surprising that this slightly uncharacteristic but extremely accomplished and enjoyable Serenade is the earliest of his compositions in which a detached listener is likely to discover enchantment.
— Gervase Hughes, 1967

Just like delivering good news to someone has a positive rub-off effect on the messenger, performing Dvořák's Serenade is really a very therapeutic endeavor for performers. There is so much 'pure goodness' in it. Somehow even the moments which could cast a gloomy shadow – light melancholy of the Waltz, or the fragility of the opening of Larghetto – retain the wonderfully cloudless atmosphere... The remarkable thing about Dvořák's Serenade – this 'cloudless goodness' is fully sufficient for sustaining meaningful communication for nearly half an hour of music.
— Misha Rachlevsky, 2000

Source: Wikipedia

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