The Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World”, Op. 95, B. 178, popularly known as the New World Symphony, was composed by Antonín Dvořák in 1893 while he was the director of the National Conservatory of Music of America from 1892 to 1895. It is by far his most popular symphony, and one of the most popular of all symphonies. In older literature and recordings, this symphony was – as for its first publication – numbered as Symphony No. 5. Astronaut Neil Armstrong took a tape recording of the New World Symphony along during the Apollo 11mission, the first Moon landing, in 1969. The symphony was completed in the building that now houses the Bily Clocks Museum.
This symphony is scored for the following orchestra:
2 flutes (one doubling piccolo)
2 oboes (one doubling English horn)
2 clarinets in B flat & A
2 bassoons
4 horns in E, C and F
2 trumpets in E, C and E♭
2 tenor trombones
Bass trombone
Tuba (second movement only)
Timpani
Triangle (third movement only)
Cymbals (fourth movement only)
Strings
The piece has four movements:
I. Adagio – Allegro molto (00:00)
II. Largo (12:07)
III. Scherzo: Molto vivace (25:27)
IV. Allegro con fuoco (33:04)
Claudio Abbado – Berliner Philharmoniker Orchestra
Recording: Berlin Philahrmonie, Großer Saal, 5/1997
Produced by Christopher Alder
Tonmeister (Balance Engineer): Klaus Hiemann
Recording Engineer: Jobst Eberhardt
Post-Production & Editing: Wolfgang Mitlehner
℗ 1999 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
© 1999 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
Cover Photo: Cordula Groth
Art Direction: Hartmut Pfeiffer
Printed in Germany by/Imprime en RFA par Neef, Wittingen.