Dvořák: 9. Sinfonie (»Aus der Neuen Welt«) ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Andrés Orozco-Estrada

To those of you hearing this symphony for the first time: you are extraordinarily lucky. I’ve heard this music for the first time over 65 years ago, and this is the best rendition I’ve ever heard. The conducting, the skill of the musicians, and the recording balance allow me to hear things I’d not heard before, or have not heard with such exquisite subtlety. Hard for me to imagine a better performance than this one.

I love the Internet: you can listen the whole symphony, whatever you want, sitting in your pajamas.

Mad props to the sound engineer on this recording. Each section is so perfectly well balanced.

I'm from Ethiopia and truly classical music knows no bounds. @16:03, the beginning of those strings is beyond words... Just heavenly!

0:23 (1st movement) 13:01 (2nd movement, melody for Going Home is here) 26:23 (3rd movement) 34:06 (4th movement, Jaws and One Piece fans thank me later)

And they say classic music is boring... just listen to this symphony

This is my first youtube comment. Long time ago, I went to study in the US by myself from China when i was a kid and heard this performance live at school. Absolutely stunned, shocked and fell in love with this piece. I cried at the concert and still want to cry everytime I listen to it. Later I found out the background of the composer and this symphony. I thought it must be the power of music that connects me with the composer and with everyone who listens to it...now Im listening to the performance when my daughter is sleeping next to me..life goes on and I cant wait to show the music to her. I am very grateful that i got to know this symphony. Among all the music pieces i love, this one is special as the interpretation of the symphony is very personal.

Ich liege gerade auf den Seychellen am Strand mit meiner Bluetoothbox und genieße den Sonnenuntergang mit dieser wunderbaren Sinfonie, was kann es noch besseres geben!?

i could cry literally how the hell did Dvorak create such a masterpiece??? It’s like he takes his entire soul and serves it in this piece. god….it’s so good. one of my favorites

That guy smiling at 35:21 always gets me. It is amazing what joy music may always bring to people.

Damn it Germany, it's not fair to monopolize all the nicest orchestras like that😭😭

my Dad used to talk about this piece how much he loved it, but i found it after he passed away, now I'm listening it by myself, i hope his with me right now enjoying it with me, he used to do maestro moves while listening to this type of music, now I'm doing the same.

Fun fact: the Tuba has only 14 notes to play in the whole piece. And they are all in the second movement.

35:20 It's awesome that they've all probably played this dozens of times but they still have fun

i am a violinist from lebanon 🇱🇧 im in the 6th grade i still have 2 years to go(without 6th grade) and im really a big fan of this symphony so i really hope that when im all grown up and ready that i will perform this symphony

The conductor has the warmest smile I've ever seen, he looks so happy. I love how he looks at the orchestra and nods in congratulation between movements. And what a performance!

35:20 Principal 2nd's smile is great. I love doing that too, make eye contact with friends in different seats while in our favorite spots of the music. God. The camaraderie in orchestra can be something else. There's nothing better than playing music surrounded by people you love being with and at the same time making a hall fill with some of the best sounds you know you'll ever hear come out of that little wooden box on your shoulder. I mean, what more could you ask for? It's the best feeling in the world. It's the reason I live and breathe. It's harder now at university because everyone's so introverted and I feel like we all want to be friends but don't know how. It's lonely that way. It's weird not having friends that you know you can honestly say you love them. 36:51 for me is incredibly emotional. Partly because of the bittersweetness of the music itself and the fact that I know how incredible I would feel playing that in an orchestra. There's just times when you're playing where your emotions are so invested in the music and whatever feelings the music conveys are now yours. It's heroic and strong and so happy that you're sad. When I was in youth orchestra, we had several pieces we played over the two years I was there which made me feel like this. That's why I play in orchestra and why it aches to not have it right now. I'm sure many of us feel this way, whether you're a musician or a concertgoer. Here's to hoping this coming semester will stay at school and soon covid-19 will be over for good. Till then, youtube and my best memories will do. I miss high school.

Antonin Dvorák is a composer who was born in Bohemia on September 8, 1841. Son of an innkeeper, he showed his inclination for music at a early age and began to learn from the local organist teacher. The parents contradicted his desire to pursue a musical career. For a certain period he lived painfully as a violinist in second-rate orchestras. In 1862, he managed to get a place as a violinist at newly formed National Opera. So he could listen to the music of Smetana where Czech nationalism was revealed and became the musical thread of his vocation. He met Brahms who, like his friend, turned heaven and earth so the doors of success might be opened for him. Thanks to their help, editors soon competed for Dvorák’s compositions which were included in he programs of the greatest orchestral directors (Richter, Bülov, Listz, etc.).He makes several trips, especially to England to directed his works. He was appointed to high positions in the musical hierarchy (Professor of Composition, Director of Prague Conservatory, Director of the National Conservatory of New York, etc.) His compositions are very close to those developed by Smetana by Slavic inspiration, by Brahms due to the classicism of form and by Shubert thanks to the spontaneity of melodic inspiration. He composed symphonic music, operas, chamber music, etc. Dies in Prague on May 1, 1904. This symphony, although having sometimes a very strong musical force, is interspersed with moments of extreme lyricism of astonishing beauty. As I mentioned before, varied influences intersect but in an amazing way, since their composition are made in admirable way. Only a composer of incredible sensibility can create a magnificent symphony that brilliantly manages to encompass such diverse musical origins. There are moments of music of a sublime beauty that makes us leave this world. Viva Dvoràk and its wonderful music. Thanks for this excellent performance and orchestra direction.

Ach...fast zerspringt mein Herz vor Glück, hör ich nur diese wunderbare Musik....

I'll gladly sit corrected by commenters who know Dvořák's repertoire far better than I ever will, but I remain convinced after all the performances of this symphony I've both heard and seen that the composer aimed to do something very different with the final movement. He succeeded. The results are ageless.