Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904) - Te Deum Opus 103 Luba Orgonášová, soprano Ľudovít Ludha, tenor Ivan Kusnjer, baritone Czech Philharmonic Choir, Brno Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, dir. Nikolaus Harnoncourt (live recording 2004)
What's not to like. The conducting of the world's greatest orchestra is exciting and powerful. The choir is rich and full. The soprano beautiful. I love this piece and cannot imagine it better performed.
I've searched for this Te Deum for a long time. I performed it once when I was very young and have never forgotten it, yet never knew it was by Dvorak until now.
@@vincentkluwe-yorck8658 “Greatest talent of the 19th c”. Well that’s your opinion and of course a valid one but for me Hector Berlioz is the greatest and his Te Deum is my favourite 😊
0:43 ♪Sponge Bob Square Pants, Sponge Bob Square Pants ♪. I played crash cymbals for this piece today for my university's orchestra, and I heard this each time this musical theme was played.
Dvorak did something very curious early on in this piece. In the extended section at the beginning (after the timpani solo) the orchestra plays a repetitive motif in 4/4, centering on the tonic chord. The brass, however, plays a sharp chord on every 3rd beat, as if they were playing in 3/4. It is a subtle effect, but very enjoyable. Dvorak did the same thing in the fourth movement of his 9th symphony (about 1/4 the way through). These pieces were both written in America. He liked his idea the first time, so he did it a second time.
This performance is soooooo underplayed, its makes me sad :(((( beccause I'm usually such a big fan of Harnoncourt. The OTHER Czech performances are so much better. Mackerras possibly the best!
