Dvorak, Suk - Piano Quartets
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Label: Supraphon
Cat No: SU42272
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 23rd June 2017
Contents
Artists
Josef Suk Piano QuintetWorks
Piano Quartet no.2 in E flat major, op.87Piano Quartet in A minor, op.1
Artists
Josef Suk Piano QuintetAbout
Dvořák’s Opus 87 reveals the personal and creative maturity of the 48-year-old composer, who at the time was in the prime of his life. Soon after completing his quartet, the maestro assumed the post of professor of composition at the Prague Conservatory. This decision would prove to be fateful – yet not so much for himself as it would be for the 17-year-old Suk, who was one of the most gifted students of Dvořák’s selected class. A child prodigy, Suk had enrolled at the conservatory at the age of 16, and a few years later he would be travelling around the world as a member of the famed Czech Quartet. He gave his Piano Quartet, which he wrote under Dvořák’s guidance, the symbolical opus number 1. The piece reflects his contemporary auto-stylisation as a passionate, flaring youth, yet its melodic forcibility and tenderness match that of Dvořák’s work.
The Josef Suk Piano Quartet (formerly the Ensemble Taras) has manifested its extraordinary qualities at international competitions (victory at the Concorso Salieri-Zinetti in Verona, the ACM Premio Trio di Trieste), as well as on concert stages all over the world.
The recording makes it evident that the young musicians have Dvořák and Suk in their blood.
Recorded at the Concert Hall of the Prague Conservatrory, 2016
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