Presented here is the final movement of Czech composer Antonín Dvořák's (1841-1904) 9th Symphony (Op. 95) as he arranged for piano duo. The symphony "from the New World" was composed in 1893 and was originally published as his 5th symphony. This symphony is commonly known as the "New World Symphony" due to the heavy influences from Native American and African-American music.

Wikipedia has the following information about this particular movement:

"The final movement is also written in sonata form. After a brief introduction, the horns and trumpets declare the movement's main theme against sharp chords played by the rest of the orchestra. The second theme is then presented by the clarinet above tremolos in the strings. The development not only works with these two themes but also recalls the main themes of the first and second movements and a fragment of the Scherzo. Following the recapitulation which begins in the unexpected key of G minor but later corrects itself back to the original key, the movement reaches its climax in the coda, in which materials from the first three movements are reviewed for a final time while the Picardy third is expanded after the orchestra triumphantly plays a "modally altered" plagal cadence."

Duo Solot is the name used by pianists Stéphanie Salmin and Pierre Solot. Their first album was released in 2011 and features transcriptions of Rossini's music. In 2015 the duo released a second album which includes the recording featured in this video.

Sources:

Dvořák: [ Ссылка ]
Symphony 9: [ Ссылка ]_(Dvořák)
Duo Solot: [ Ссылка ]

Sheet Music: [ Ссылка ]_(4-hands).pdf

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