Waldesruhe (Forrest Silence) op. 68,5, Antonín Dvorák. Cello and Piano

Antonín Dvorák
Waldes Ruhe - Silent Woods - Forrest Silence op. 68 no. 5
Milan Pospísil (Editor)
Klaus Schilde (Fingering)
Reiner Ginzel (Fingering and bowing for Violoncello)
 
Urtext Edition, paperbound
Violoncello and Piano (with marked and unmarked string parts)
Pages 18 (VI+8+4), Size 23,5 x 31,0 cm
Weight 100 g
HN 621 · ISMN 979-0-2018-0621-1

Dvorák had previously written solo music for Hanus Wihan, later the dedicatee of his cello concerto. When he was planning a trio concert tour for 1892 with Wihan and violinist Ferdinand Lachner and needed further works for cello and piano, he reworked Silent Woods for cello and piano during the Christmas holidays of 1891. Originally a four-hand piano piece from his cycle From the Bohemian Forest, the cantabile character piece became a popular recital item owing to its sonorous cello sound. Dvorák later arranged it as an effective concert piece for violoncello and orchestra. The first edition of 1894 is the basis for editor and Dvorák specialist Milan Pospíils Urtext edition for violoncello and piano.