Dvořák Cello Concerto

"A piece of wood that screeches at the top and hums at the bottom" - not a very flattering description for a cello. This quote comes from Antonín Dvořák himself, who composed one of the most beautiful cello concertos ever. Anyone who listens to this music knows: Dvořák must have secretly loved the cello. He wrote the concerto in the winter of 1894/95 in New York, but American influences are not evident in it. Instead, it contains everything we lo...