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Work: Symphony no. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op.95

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ComposerDvořák, Antonín (1841-1904)
PeriodRomantic
Year1893
Work typeOrchestral
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GenevaMargaryta Grynyvetska / Valentine Michaud / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

© Akvile Sileikaite
Price, Adams, Dvořák
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Margaryta Grynyvetska; Valentine Michaud

HamburgPittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

© Suxiao Yang
Simon, Barber, Dvořák
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck; Augustin Hadelich

LucernePittsburgh Symphony Orchestra 2

© Todd Rosenberg
Adams, Penderecki, Dvořák
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck; Anne-Sophie Mutter
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Omer Meir Wellber © Daniel Dittus
The Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg balances Barbara Assiginaak’s intimate modernism with a Dvořák Ninth of explosive, Mahlerian intensity.
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Andris Nelsons and the BSO arrive in New York, with baggage in tow

Andris Nelsons conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra © Chris Lee
In his first New York appearance since the termination of his contract as BSO Music Director, Nelsons courts public sympathy and makes some thrilling music.
***11
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Schumann from the inside out: Yunchan Lim and Staatskapelle Dresden

Yunchan Lim, Myung-whun Chung and the Staatskapelle Dresden © Vincero | Won Hee Lee
Yunchan Lim seldom seeks the spotlight in a reflective, conversational account of Schumann's Piano Concerto, conducted by Myung-whun Chung. 
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StockholmPeter Jablonski plays Bacewicz

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Lidholm, Bacewicz, Dvořák
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste; Peter Jablonski

PooleComing To America

© Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Boulanger, Barber, Dvořák
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Chloé van Soeterstède; Stella Chen

La CoruñaClara-Jumi Kang / Roberto González Monjas

Clara-Jumi Kang © Carmen Martínez Torrón | OSG
Dvořák: Symphony no. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op.95
Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia; Roberto González-Monjas
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