A. Dvořák – Humoresques, Op. 101 (Firkušný)

0:00 – No.1 Vivace in E-flat minor
2:21 – No.2 Poco andante in B major
4:45 – No.3 Poco andante e molto cantabile in A-flat major
8:27 – No.4 Poco andante in F major
10:49 – No.5 Vivace in A minor
13:41 – No.6 Poco allegretto in B major
16:41 – No.7 Poco lento e grazioso in G-flat major
19:23 – No.8 Poco andante in B-flat minor

While Dvořák stayed in the USA in 1890's, he filled his sketchbook with some of his most inspired thematic notes (it even included sketches of a four movement piano sonata). Many of them were used in his most famous works, like the F major string quartet or the New World Symphony, while others remained unused. On his return to Bohemia in 1894, these notes provided a breeding ground for what later got the title Humoresques. The seventh Humoresque in G-flat is by far the most popular one, even one of the most famous classical pieces ever composed.

Composer – Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Piano – Rudolf Firkušný
Year of recording – 1973

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