'The Water Goblin' (Vodník) - Part 1/3 - by Antonín Dvořák, Op. 107

[SumSuntimelvr]

I love the piece and the story despite how morbid it is.

[sweetisly048]

Great music! May I have the pleasure to see your blog? I have great interests in Dvorak! especially the symphonic poems.

[TerrorandLove4u]

I have said it before but, it was worth humanity existing, just so music like this one song could be made

[jenofontesi]

i love 8:03- 8:23!

[ilmhisp]

Zdenek Chalabala's recording is supreme.

[Daniel2GIGG]

thank you for the annotations no i can imagine the story the way it is supposed to be seen

[KaosClanCommunity]

Goblin=Pedo :D

[MesonDeLosTalantones]

God!!!!!!!! this is awesome!!!! Can you share with me that cd??? please! i cant live without this masterpiece

[lupash]

Nice work with the annotations.

[MajhiS29]

Neeme Järvi's interpretation of Dvořák is flawless.

Thanks for uploading with those helpful annotations. :)

[TheVerandure]

I love how the water goblin's theme actually sounds like it's saying "Glow moon glow. That my thread may sew!"

[TaiMaiShews]

This is my favorite classical song :)

[frult]

Excellent version!

[JayBo308]

The slower part in the middle is so cool. That's the neatest stuff I'd like 2hear when I'm painting, drawing or thinking lyrics to songs.

[spoletta0]

thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bersa888]

Wonderful stuff, my friend. I read most of your site from the link you provided. These pieces are also part of my... cultural makeup and background. Although Italian and a complete atheist and lover of logic, I always loved Eastern and Northern European myths and folklore. ;-) and Dvorak always seems to get it just right with the right amount of imagination, magic and compositional technique.

[Badsd2]

i love this peice its amazing

[PetraHartlova]

Krása.

[aimsme]

Thanks ever so much for this. Our orchestra is rehearsing it at the moment, and it's so helpful to be able to actually listen to a fully rehearsed performance rather than the stop-start early stages of ours.

[guitah4lif]

sweet- i wish our orch was doing this piece

you in a youth orchestra?

[aimsme]

I am indeed- my school has 3 full-sized and one chamber orchestra, and I'm in the top two full-sized ones. The very top performed this at our last concert, and it was absolutely brilliant.

[64wulf]

I love this piece!!!!!!!!!!!

[PoledniceWP]

Thanks for your suggestions; I certainly have all of Tchaikovsky's works on my list, and I'm similarly a fan of eastern European music, so I shall have to explore it more, as I haven't heard the Balakirev you mentioned.

I think at some point I will have to do a Shakespeare season, encompassing the likes of Beethoven and Mendelssohn to Tchaikovsky and Balakirev and beyond! No doubt it'll take quite a while :p

[DarkSpacio]

Hello and thanks for your reply. : )

These are some of Tchaikovsky's works inspired by literature:

Shakespeare:

- The Tempest, Op. 18

- Hamlet Fantasy Overture, Op. 67

- Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

Ostrovsky:

- The Snow Maiden, Op. 12

- The Voyevoda, Op. 78

I like other eastern europe composers, such as, Balakirev, Kalinnikov, Mussorgsky, Smetana, and others. Have you ever heard Mily Balakirev's Incidental Music King Lear? Its quite a very rare and interesting one.

[DarkSpacio]

This is my favourite symphonic poem from Antonín Dvorák, it's the first time I heard it on Youtube. I've heard them all a lot of times since I bought the album a few years ago, now when I listen to them, they bring me back memories.

I've already seen and heard all your recently uploaded videos from Tchaikovsky and Dvorák, these are also my favourite classical composers, Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony has a comment of mine, I would like to know what pieces are you going to upload.

[PoledniceWP]

Thanks very much for your interest : )

I'm just taking a very short break - I should have something new within the next couple of weeks - as I'm very busy at the moment. But I have a lot of things that I would like to upload. As soon as I get a translation of 'Kytice', I'm going to do the rest of Dvorak's symphonic poems, and I will probably have a look at quite a few song cycles of the Romantic composers.

If you have any ideas of music inspired by literature, let me know!