Dvorak Alisa Weilerstein

• 1 1. Allegro (Original Version) 14:42
• 2 2. Adagio ma non troppo (Original Version) 11:23
• 3 3. Finale (Allegro moderato) (Original Version) 12:36
• 4 Lasst Mich Alein, Op.82 04:18
• 5 Rondo In G Minor, Op.94 06:58
• 6 Goin' Home 05:43
• 7 Songs My Mother Taught Me, Op.55 No.4 02:15
• 8 Silent Woods 05:04
• 9 Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G minor Op. 46, No. 8 04:08
• Total Runtime 01:07:07

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American cellist Alisa Weilerstein’s new recording for Decca/Universal Music Classics will feature the music of Antonín Dvořák. The album explores works created during the time Dvořák spent in the United States, and will feature his Cello Concerto in B minor and Silent Woods, both recorded with Jiří Bělohlávek and the Czech Philharmonic. Also included on the album are arrangements of “Song to the Moon” from Rusalka, and the song Goin’ Home, written by one of Dvořák’s pupils and based on the melody from the Largo movement of his “New World” Symphony. “Song to the Moon” and Goin’ Home were recorded in New York City at the American Academy of Arts and Letters with Russian pianist Anna Polonsky.

Called “one of the most exciting American cellists of the new generation,” by The New York Times, Ms. Weilerstein recorded the Dvořák concerto at Prague’s Rudolfinum, the same hall where Dvořák conducted the Czech Philharmonic’s inaugural concert in 1896. In addition to recording her album with the Czech Philharmonic, Ms. Weilerstein also opened the Philharmonic’s 2013-14 season in September with a performance of the Dvořák concerto, and is set to perform the piece on tour with Mr. Bělohlávek and the Philharmonic during the summer of 2014. Other highlights of the 2013-14 season include performances with the Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati (where she is artist-in-residence), Dallas, Houston, and San Francisco symphonies, and with the Israel and Los Angeles philharmonic orchestras. Ms. Weilerstein will make her debuts with Orchestra Mozart in Italy and the Osaka Philharmonic in Japan. She will return to the Southbank Center in London to perform with Kirill Karabits and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and to the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam to perform with James Gaffigan and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. She will also give a recital at London’s Wigmore Hall in December as part of a European tour with pianist Inon Barnatan.

Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Anna Polonsky, piano
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek, conductor

Recorded at American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, 5 & 6 April 2013; Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 28 & 29 June 2013 (Concerto)
Recording Producers: Friedemann Engelbrecht (Concerto); Alexander Van Ingen
Recording Engineers: René Moeller (Concerto); Silas Brown
Assistant Engineer: Doron Schachter (except Concerto)
Mastering Engineer: Neil Hutchinson, Classic Sound
Recording Facilities: Teldex (Concerto); Legacy Sound

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