Editing Antonín Dvořák (section)

===Concerti===
The critic [[Harold C. Schonberg]] described "an attractive Piano Concerto in G minor with a rather ineffective piano part, a beautiful Violin Concerto in A minor, and a supreme Cello Concerto in B minor".{{Sfn|Schonberg|1980}} All the concerti are in the classical three-movement form.

The [[Piano Concerto (Dvořák)|Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G minor, Op. 33]] was the first of three concerti (for solo instrument and orchestra) that Dvořák composed, but is perhaps the least known of the three.

The [[Violin Concerto (Dvořák)|Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 53]] was written in 1878 for [[Joseph Joachim]], a prominent violinist whom Dvořák had met and admired. It was finished in 1879, but Joachim was skeptical of the work. The concerto was premiered in 1883 in Prague by the violinist [[František Ondříček]], who also gave its first performances in [[Vienna]] and London.

The [[Cello Concerto (Dvořák)|Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor, Op. 104]] was the final concerto to be composed. He wrote it in 1894–1895 for his friend [[Hanuš Wihan]]. Wihan and others had asked for a cello concerto for some time, but Dvořák refused, stating that the cello was a fine orchestral instrument but completely insufficient for a solo concerto.<ref>Smaczny, 1999, p. 1</ref> Dvořák composed the concerto in New York while serving as the Director of the [[National Conservatory of Music of America|National Conservatory]]. In 1894, [[Victor Herbert]], who was also teaching at the Conservatory, had written his Second Cello Concerto, Op. 30 and presented it several times that year, including its successful premiere with the [[New York Philharmonic]] under [[Anton Seidl]]. Dvořák attended at least two performances of Herbert's cello concerto and was inspired to fulfill Wihan's request for a cello concerto. Dvořák's concerto premiered in London on 16 March 1896, with the English cellist [[Leo Stern]].{{Sfn|Burghauser|1960|p=322}} The reception was "enthusiastic".{{Sfn|Clapham|1979b|p=149}} [[Johannes Brahms|Brahms]] said of the work: "Had I known that one could write a cello concerto like this, I would have written one long ago!" Agreeing with Schonberg, the cellist and author Robert Battey wrote "I believe it to be the greatest of all cello concertos...an opinion shared by most cellists".<ref name=Battey/> A compiler of discographies of Dvořák's music wrote that his is the "king" of cello concertos.<ref>Yoell, John H., "Dvořák in America: A Discography", Appendix C of {{Harvnb|Tibbets|1993|p=413}}</ref>

In 1865, early in his career, Dvořák had composed a [[Cello Concerto in A major (Dvořák)|Cello concerto in A major with Piano accompaniment]], B. 10.{{Sfn|Burghauser|1960|pp=91–92}} [[Günter Raphael]] in 1925–1929 produced a revised and orchestrated version. Dvořák's cataloguer [[Jarmil Burghauser]] made another orchestration and abridgement, published in 1975.