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Antonin Dvořák wrote the Polonaise in A Major for the cellist Alois Neruda, with whom he premiered many of his chamber-music works. The sparkling composition shows that Dvořák, who had been violist in the Prague Provisional Theater, was intimately acquainted with the virtuoso possibilities of the string instruments. This is a brilliant piece which absolutely should not be missing from the repertoire of proficient cellists.