Dvořák: Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 13, B 41 (with Score)

Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 13, B 41 (with Score) Composed: 1 January - 26 March 1874 (revisions 1887, 1888) Conductor: István Kertész Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra 00:00 1. Allegro (D minor) 12:46 2. Andante sostenuto e molto (B-flat major) 24:04 3. Scherzo: Allegro feroce (D minor) 30:27 4. Finale: Allegro con brio (D minor - D major) Late 1873 and early 1874 saw a turning point in the development of Dvořák’s musical expression. After a period of major influence from the German Neo-Romantics, Dvořák’s distinctive compositional style came into its own, characterised by a departure from his “unending” melodies in favour of more concise and more periodic thematic treatment, and a more conscientious selection of musical material and its formal arrangement within the individual movements. The composer’s instrumentation was also no longer the dense Wagnerian score, adopting a simpler yet more vibrant e