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Antonín Dvořák [1893] - Symphony No. 9 | IV. Allegro con fuoco



Conductor: Gerard Schwarz
Orchestra: All-Star Orchestra

At its premiere in Carnegie Hall in 1893, each movement of Dvořák’s Ninth Symphony “From the New World” was met with thunderous applause, when Dvořák felt obliged to stand up and bow. This was one of the greatest public triumphs of Dvořák's career.​
 
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Erik Satie [1888] - Gymnopedies #1 ~ Gnossiennes #1,3,4,5



Album: Works for Piano Solo and Piano Duet
Pianist: Anne Queffelec
Artwork: Edouard Leon Cortes

Tracks:
0:00 Gymnopedies #1
3:32 Gnossiennes #1
6:52 Gnossiennes #3
9:33 Gnossiennes #4
11:52 Gnossiennes #5

An eccentric, Satie was introduced as a "gymnopedist" in 1887, before writing his most famous compositions, the Gymnopédies. He also referred to himself as a "phonometrician" (someone who measures sounds), preferring this description rather than musician.​
 
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Sergei Rachmaninoff [1892] - Prelude Op 3 No 2 in C Sharp minor

Played by Evgeny Kissin



Sergei Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3, No. 2, is one of the composer's most famous compositions. One of five piano pieces entitled Morceaux de fantaisie, it is a 62-bar prelude in ternary form. This work was one of the first the 19‑year‑old Rachmaninoff composed as a "Free Artist," after he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory on 29 May 1892. He performed this new work for the first time at one of the concerts of the Moscow Electrical Exhibition on 26 September 1892.​
 
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