Dvorak / Pkf - Prague Philharmonia / Hrusa Overtures Super-Audio CD

Antonin Dvorak's overtures are comparable in length and form to the first movement of a symphony. The pieces were written with the intention of preceding a performance of a spoken play or opera. The works on this recording, however, begin to show a transition away from the preceding purpose and toward full independence, each overture expressing a story or scene rather than anticipating what is to follow. My Home was originally performed as an overture to a play in 1882. The play however, fell out of the repertoire, but the overture has lived on. The Hussite Overture from 1883 was written with the intention of preceding a play which was never completed, but again, the overture survived. The overtures In Nature's Realm, Carnival, and Othello, ranging in composition date from 1891-1892, were intended from the beginning to be concert works, with the 'plot' specified by the title or verbal indications written into the manuscript score.

1. In Nature's Realm Overture, Op. 91 2. Carnival Overture, Op. 92 3. Othello Overture, Op. 93 4. My Home Overture, Op. 62 5. Hussite Overture, Op. 67