Cesar Franck (1822-1890) - Sonata in A major (transcribed by Jules Delsart)
1. Allegretto ben moderato 5:38
2. Allegro 9:38
3. Recitativo - Fantasia 8:30
4. Allegretto poco mosso 6:49
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) - Sonata Op.143
5. Allegro, Tempo di Marica 6:01
6. Cavatine 6:38
7. Ballabile 3:45
8. Finale 6:40
Martin Švajda cello, Pavel Kratochvíl piano
Martin Švajda completed his studies at the Janáček Academy of Music in Brno (1986-1991), attending cello classes with Doc. Jan Hališka. He gained the Czech Music Fund Prize for the best interpretation of a composition from the 20th century (1987), made his first recordings for radio (1988), had his festival debut in Spain (1989 Cuitadella de Menorca, Salou), and worked with the Brno State Philharmonic. He began his professional career as a member of the Brno String Quartet. On the concert stage he has performed with pianists – prof. Zdeněk Hnát, Francoise Killian (France), prof. Franz-Friedrich Eichberger (Germany), prof. Erika Frieser (Austria); flautists - Vítězslav Drápal, Wolfgang Schultz (Austria), Clara Novak (France); cellist – Alexander Hülshoff (Germany); clarinettists – Jiří Hlaváč and Vlastimil Mareš (Czech); guitarists – prof. Leo Witoszinsky (Austria), Alvaro Pierri (Uruguay), Maria Escarpa (Spain); conductors – Miloš Alexandr Machek, Jan Štych, Stanislav Macura, František Vajnar, Debashish Chaudhuri (India) and many others. Since 1993 he has been cello soloist with the Bohuslav Martinů Chamber Ochestra and regularly performs in the chamber duo with pianist Pavel Kratochvíl with whom he has recorded works by Robert Schumann, Claude Debussy and Igor Stravinsky on CD. As solist and chamber musician, Martin Švajda has achieved a wide range of concert appearances, radio and CD recordings and foreign tours (France, Holland, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Austria, Greece, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Great Britain and the USA).
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