A G minor section in the middle of this piece's second movement quotes the composer's song "Leave Me Alone," a favorite of the composer's sister-in-law.
Herbert von Karajan's (KAH-rah-yahn's) canonical 1969 Deutsche Grammophon recording of this piece with the Berlin Philharmonic paired it with Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme. A G minor section in the middle of this piece's second movement quotes the composer's song "Leave Me Alone," a favorite of the composer's sister-in-law. This piece was inspired by the premiere of a piece in the same genre by Victor Herbert, its composer's colleague during his stint as director of the National Conservatory of Music. This piece's composer refused to add to the 送nale a 59-bar cadenza written by its dedicatee, Hanus Wihan (HAH-noos VEE-hahn). This B minor piece, its composer's last concerto a ter his concertos for piano and violin, was contemporaneous with its composer's "American" String Quartet. For 10 points, name this concerto by the composer of the Symphony "From the New World" that was recorded twice by Yo-Yo Ma.
Herbert von Karajan's (KAH-rah-yahn's) canonical 1969 Deutsche Grammophon recording of this piece with the Berlin Philharmonic paired it with Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme.
Antonin Dvorak's Cello Concerto in B Minor [or Dvorak's Opus 104; or B. 191; prompt on cello concerto]