Dvorak - Chamber Music

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• SKU: 37861
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• Label(s): Brilliant Classics
• Year of release: 2005
• 8 CD Set

• Composer Antonin Dvorak

This year 2004 celebrates the centenary of Antonin Dvorak’s death (1841-1904).
The great Czech composer is getting out of the shadows of his great contemporary Brahms (who enormously admired him), and claims his own unique place in music history. His idiom, which is inspired by the rich folklore of his home country, is universally recognised and loved by audiences all over the world.
Dvorak’s chamber music output is a treasure trove, including works still to be discovered by many music lovers.
This 8-CD set contains the complete piano trios, the 2 piano quartets, the 2 piano quintets, the two string quintets, the complete music for violin and piano and the lovely Serenade for wind instruments, and the Hausmusik.
Excellent performances by the Solomon Piano Trio, the Ames Piano Quartet, Sviatoslav Richter and the Borodin Quartet, the Stamitz Quartet and Jan Talich, and the Nash Ensemble.
AVAILABLE IN ATTRACTIVE ECONOMY PACKAGING, 8 CD's in carton sleeves

CD1
Dvorák
Piano Trios Op. 90 "Dumky" & 21

PIANO TRIO No. 4 in E minor Op. 90 "Dumky"
1. Lento maestoso-allegro 4:33
2. Poco adagio-vivace 6:34
3. Andante 5:53
4. Andante moderato 4:55
5. Allegro 4:03
6. Lento maestoso-vivace 4:53

PIANO TRIO No. 1 in B flat major Op. 21
7. Allegro molto 13:27
8. Adagio molto e mesto 7:33
9. Allegro scherzando 7:08
10. Finale, allegro vivace 6:11

Total: 65:10

THE SOLOMON TRIO
Daniel Adni, piano
Rodney Friend, violin
Raphael Sommer, cello

CD2
Dvorák

Piano Trios Op. 65 & 26

PIANO TRIO NO. 3 in F minor Op. 65
1. Allegro ma non troppo 13:57
2. Allegro grazioso 6:45
3. Poco adagio 9:12
4. Finale, allegro con brio 10:14

PIANO TRIO No. 2 in G minor Op. 26
5. Allegro moderato 12:22
6. Largo 6:19
7. Scherzo, presto 5:56
8. Finale, allegro non tanto 6:47

Total: 71:33

THE SOLOMON TRIO
Daniel Adni, piano
Rodney Friend, violin
Raphael Sommer, cello

CD3
Dvorák

Piano Quartets

PIANO QUARTET in D major Op. 23
1. Allegro moderato 15:01
2. Andantino 9:39
3. Finale 7:49

PIANO QUARTET in E flat major Op. 87
4. Allegro con fuoco 8:33
5. Lento 11:11
6. Allegro moderato, grazioso 6:59
7. Finale 9:22

Total: 69:51

AMES PIANO QUARTET
William David, piano
Mahlon Darlington, violin
Laurence Burkhalter, viola
George Work, cello
Recording: January 1989 Troy Savings Bank Concert Hall, Troy, USA
Producer: Antonin Kubalek
Engineers: Craig D. Dory, Brian C. Peters, Doug Brown
Released under non-exclusive license of the Dorian Music Group Ltd

CD4
Dvorák

Piano Quintets

PIANO QUINTET in A major Op. 5
1. Allegro ma non troppo 8:29
2. Andante sostenuto 11:03
3. Finale, allegro con brio 8:56

PIANO QUINTET in A major Op. 81
4. Allegro ma non tanto 13:47
5. Dumka, andante con moto 16:40
6. Scherzo, Furiant, molto vivace 3:46
7. Finale, allegro 7:01

Total: 69:42

Sviatoslav Richter, piano
Borodin Quartet
Mikhail Kopelman, violin I
Andrei Abramenkov, violin II
Dmitri Shebalin, viola
Valentin Berlinsky, cello

Recording: 31 December 1982
Licensed from Pipeline Music Inc. USA

CD5
Dvorák

String Quintets

STRING QUINTET in G major Op. 77, for 2 violins, viola, cello & double-bass
1. Allegro con fuoco 12:27
2. Scherzo, allegro vivace-l'istesso tempo, quasi allegretto 9:22
3. Poco andante 8:42
4. Finale, allegro assai 7:40

STRING QUINTET in E flat major Op. 97, for 2 violins, 2 violas & cello
5. Allegro non tanto 9:26
6. Allegro vivo 5:54
7. Larghetto 10:45
8. Finale, allegro giusto 8:12

Total: 72:53

STAMITZ QUARTET
Bohuslav Matousek, violin I
Josef Kekula, violin II
Jan Peruska, viola
Vladimir Leixner, cello
Jiri Hudec, double-bass (1-4)
Jan Talich, viola (5-8)

Recording: March 1992, Prague
Producer: Rudolf Bayer
Licensed from Bayer Records

CD6
Dvorák

Music for violin & piano I

1. CAPRICCIO 9:45
2. ROMANCE Op. 11 12:42
3. NOCTURNO Op. 40 6:38

VIOLIN SONATA in F major Op. 57
4. Allegro ma non troppo 11:45
5. Poco sostenuto 6:45
6. Allegro molto 5:46

Total: 53:53

Bohuslav Matousek, violin
Petr Adamec, piano

Recording: 27-30 December 1992, Prague
Producer: Boris Kobrle
Engineer: Tomas Zikmund

CD7
Dvorák

Music for violin & piano II

SONATINA in G major Op. 100
1. Allegro risoluto 5:52
2. Larghetto 4:02
3. Scherzo 2:56
4. Allegro 6:20
5. BALLADE Op. 15 6:06

ROMANTISCHE STÜCKE/ROMANTIC PIECES Op. 75
6. Allegro moderato 3:24
7. Allegro maestoso 2:42
8. Allegro appassionato 2:27
9. Larghetto 6:01
10. MAZURKA Op. 49 6:03

Total: 46:44

Bohuslav Matousek, violin
Petr Adamec, piano

Recording: 27-30 December 1992, Prague
Producer: Boris Kobrle
Engineer: Tomas Zikmund

CD8
Dvorak

Serenade / Hausmusik

1. Rondo for cello and piano in G minor Op. 94, allegretto grazioso 7:43
DROBNOSTI Op. 75a, for 2 violins & viola
2. Cavatina, moderato 3:56
3. Capriccio, poco allegro 2:22
4. Romanza, allegro 3:29
5. Elegia, larghetto 4:30
6. GAVOTTE in G minor for 3 violins: allegretto scherzando 2:41

BAGATELLES Op. 47 for 2 violins, cello & harmonium
7. Allegretto scherzando 2:59
8. Tempo di menuetto, grazioso 3:16
9. Allegretto scherzando 2:56
10. Canon, andante con moto 3:27
11. Poco allegro 4:21

SERENADE for 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 3 horns, cello & double-bass in D minor Op. 44
12. Moderato, alla Marcia 4:17
13. Minuetto 6:08
14. Andante con moto 8:35
15. Allegro molto 6:13

Total: 66:32

Robert Cohen, cello (1)
Roger Vignoles, piano (1)
Alberni String Quartet (6-11)
Howard Davis, violin
Peter Pople, violin
Roger Best, violin/viola
David Smith, cello
Virginia Black, harmonium
Nash Ensemble (12-15)