The Herbert-Dvorak Connection
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Linking the cello concertos of Antonin Dvorak (top) and Victor Herbert
Today, when people think of Victor Herbert—if they do at all—it’s because of classic operettas like Naughty Marietta, The Red Mill, and Babes in Toyland.
But it was Herbert’s now mostly forgotten second cello concerto that prompted Antonin Dvorak to write his great, enduring masterwork, the Cello Concerto in B minor.
In this hour, the remarkable story of the connection between these two composers.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
| Herbert - Cello Concertos |
Lynn Harrell, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
Decca 417 672-2 |
028941767226 |
| Concertos From The New World [for Herbert Concerto No. 2] |
Yo-Yo Ma, New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur |
Sony SK 67 173 |
07464671732 |
| Dvorak - Cello Concerto |
Jean-Guihen Queyras, Prague Philharmonia, Jiri Belohlavek |
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901867 |
794881782628 |
| Secrets of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto |
Jan Vogler |
Sony 82876737162 |
828767371627 |
