Symphony No. 9 in E minor "From the New World", Op. 95, was completed in 1893 by Czech composer Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904). At the time he was director of the National Conservatory of Music of America, and the Native American music and African-American spirituals he heard in the USA inspired him to this symphony. For more background, see the relevant Wikipedia entry. The symphony remains one of the most popular. It is a four movement work, including a particularly beautiful Largo movement, and the average playing time is 41 minutes (AllMusic). My version is by the Vienna Philharmonic under Herbert von Karajan on a Deutsche Grammophon CD.
