Slavonic Dances

Album by Antonín Dvořák & Minnesota Orchestra & Antal Doráti

Slavonic Dances is a set of orchestral pieces by Czech composer Antonín Dvořák, composed in 1878 (originally for piano four-hands) and orchestrated in 1879. The works blend Bohemian and broader Slavic folk rhythms and dance forms with late-Romantic orchestration, and they helped introduce Dvořák's incorporation of folk elements to a wider European audience.

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  1. 1.
    Slavonic Dances, op. 46: No. 1 in C major: Presto
    3:47
  2. 2.
    Slavonic Dances, op. 46: No. 2 in E minor: Allegretto scherzando
    4:49
  3. 3.
    Slavonic Dances, op. 46: No. 3 in A-flat major: Poco allegro
    4:19
  4. 4.
    Slavonic Dances, op. 46: No. 4 in F major: Tempo di Minuetto
    8:02
  5. 5.
    Slavonic Dances, op. 46: No. 5 in A major: Allegro vivace
    3:17
  6. 6.
    Slavonic Dances, op. 46: No. 6 in D major: Allegretto scherzando
    4:42
  7. 7.
    Slavonic Dances, op. 46: No. 7 in C minor: Allegro assai
    3:19
  8. 8.
    Slavonic Dances, op. 46: No. 8 in G minor: Presto
    3:51
  9. 9.
    Slavonic Dances, op. 72: No. 1 in B major: Molto vivace
    3:37
  10. 10.
    Slavonic Dances, op. 72: No. 2 in E minor: Allegretto grazioso
    5:19
  11. 11.
    Slavonic Dances, op. 72: No. 3 in F major: Allegro
    3:13
  12. 12.
    Slavonic Dances, op. 72: No. 4 in D-flat major: Allegretto grazioso
    5:07
  13. 13.
    Slavonic Dances, op. 72: No. 5 in B-flat minor: Poco adagio
    2:23
  14. 14.
    Slavonic Dances, op. 72: No. 6 in B-flat major: Moderato, quasi Minuetto
    3:42
  15. 15.
    Slavonic Dances, op. 72: No. 7 in C major: Allegro vivace
    3:13
  16. 16.
    Slavonic Dances, op. 72: No. 8 in A-flat major: Grazioso e lento, ma non troppo, quasi tempo di Valse
    6:24

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