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Asrael Symphony
The ''Asrael Symphony'' for large orchestra in C minor (Czech: „Asrael“, Symfonie pro velký orchestr C moll), Op. 27 (1905–1906), was written by Josef Suk in memory of his father-in-law and teacher, Antonín Dvořák (died 1904), and his wife (Dvořák's daughter) Otilie Suková (née Dvořáková) (died 1905).
== Background ==
Suk began to compose his funeral〔''Album notes (SU 3830-2), p. 10''〕 symphony at the beginning of 1905, about eight months after Dvořák's death. The composition was titled after the Old Testament angel of death Asrael. The work is in five movements; the sketches of three movements were finished less than a half year later. On 6 July 1905, while Suk was in the middle of the work, his wife Otilie died.〔''Dopisy o životě hudebním i lidském, p. 60''〕 Although the composition was to be also a celebration of Dvořák's life and work, the desolated composer rejected the optimistic tone of the rest of the work. The complete score was finished on 4 October 1906. The work was dedicated "to the exalted memory of Dvořák and Otilie".〔''Album notes (SU 3864-2), p. 10''〕 Suk dedicated the last two movements to Otilie.
The symphony was premièred on 3 February 1907 at the Prague National Theatre, conducted by Karel Kovařovic. Karel Hoffmann and Jiří Herold, members of the Czech Quartet, attended the premiere as the concertmasters of the orchestra of the National Theatre.〔''Dopisy o životě hudebním i lidském, p. 65''〕
Norman Lebrecht has singled out Václav Talich's 1952 recording of the ''Asrael Symphony'' with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra on Supraphon as No. 19 in his list of the 100 best recordings of the century.〔Norman Lebrecht, "Masterpieces: 100 Milestones of the Recorded Century" ''The Life and Death of Classical Music''. New York: Anchor Books (2007): 181 - 182〕
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