DVOŘÁK A. COMPLETE PIANO TRIOS / Suk Trio (J.Panenka piano, J.Suk violin, J.Chuchro cello)

CDI

Antonin Dvorak - Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in B flat major, Op. 21 36:49

1. Allegro molto 14:11

2. Adagio molto e mesto 8:54

3. Allegretto scherzando 6:57

4. Finale. Allegro vivace 6:31

Antonin Dvorak - Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in G minor, Op. 26, B 56 31:58

5. Allegro moderato 12:36

6. Largo 6:15

7. Scherzo. Presto 6:17

8. Finale. Allegro non tanto 6:30

CDII

Antonin Dvorak - Trio for Piano, Violin and cello No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65 40:03

1. Allegro ma non troppo 13:03

2. Allegretto grazioso 6:45

3. Poco adagio 9:46

4. Allegro con brio 10:09

Antonin Dvorak - Dumky. Piano trio, Op. 90 30:58

5. Lento maestoso (in E minor) 4:01

6. Poco adagio (in C sharp minor) 6:57

7. Andante (in A major) 6:05

8. Andante moderato (in Dminor) 4:34

9. Allegro (in E flat major) 4:11

10. Lento maestoso (in C minor) 4:46

Suk Trio: Jan Panenka piano, Josef Suk violin, Josef Chuchro cello

One of the best-loved combinations for home music-making and the concert platform alike during the lifetime of Antonin Dvorak (1841 - 1904), the piano trio has retained its popularity to this day. No wonder then if Supraphon´s ARCHIVE series has now turned to none other than Dvorak who tried his luck in this format with remarkable success. His four compositions for the combination of piano, violin and cello, are all masterpieces which have remained stable parts of the concert repertoire. Moreover, the second pair of the four works (Trio in F minor; Dumka) have held a particularly privileged "superstar" status in the international chamber music literature. The interpreters here are the Suk Trio, formed in 1951 at the behest of then student of Prague´s Academy of Music, the violinist Josef Suk (b. 1929), grandson of the composer of the same name and great-grandson of Antonin Dvorak. The ensemble´s triumphant artistic trajectory spanned nearly four decades, filled with appearances on Czech and international concert platforms, making its most valuable recordings with the membership of Josef Suk, Jan Panenka (1922 - 1999) and Josef Chuchro (b. 1931).

(Supraphon 2001)