Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

Antonin Dvorak (Composer)
Sir Georg Solti (Conductor)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Track Listings

1. Symphony No.9, Op.95 'From The New World' In E Minor: I. Adagio. Allegro molto

2. Symphony No.9, Op.95 'From The New World' In E Minor: II. Largo

3. Symphony No.9, Op.95 'From The New World' In E Minor: III. Molto vivace

4. Symphony No.9, Op.95 'From The New World' In E Minor: IV. Allegro con fuoco

For Solti, though, the "New World" is about the New World as imagined by an Old World composer. I don't say "as seen by an Old World composer" because Dvorak seems to want to convey the sense of awe inspired by being in a country the vast spaces and majestic vistas of which he was to see only parts. But I think the striking cover illustration is to the point: this is a symphony of the imagination as much as of the eyes and ears. That sweeping first movement clearly captures the imagined grandeur of the New World--both natural and man-made--and Solti is the perfect tour guide, choosing tempi that are uniformly fast though not breakneck and of course powering the movements by dint of that great Chicago brass section. Yes, in spots the effect is "hair-raising," but so, too, must have been the experience of rail travel from teaming New York City west to Iowa over the Appalachians and the Great Plains.

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Porgy And Bess - Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong (1957)

Porgy & Bess is an album recorded in 1957 by the two famous person: vocalist and trumpeter Louis Armstrong and the jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, the collaboration on this recording of selections from George and Ira Gershwin's opera "Porgy and Bess". It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001.

Track listing

1. "Overture" (George Gershwin) – 10:52
2. "Summertime" – 4:58
3. "I Wants to Stay Here" – 4:38
4. "My Man's Gone Now" – 4:02
5. "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" – 3:52
6. "Buzzard Song" – 2:58
7. "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" – 5:28
8. "It Ain't Necessarily So" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 6:34
9. "What You Want Wid Bess?" – 1:59
10. "Woman Is a Sometime Thing" – 4:47
11. "Oh, Doctor Jesus" – 2:00
12. Medley: "Here Come de Honey Man"/"Crab Man"/"Oh, Dey's So Fresh and Fine" – 3:29
13. "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York" – 4:54
14. "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?" – 2:36
15. "Oh, Lawd, I'm on My Way!" – 2:57

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