Sonata for Violin and Piano in F major, Op. 57, B 106

I. Allegro, ma non troppo


  • Recorded: 2023
  • Record Place: The Dvořák Hall of Rudolfinum, Prague
  • First Release: 2024
  • (P) 2024 SUPRAPHON a.s.
  • Genre: Chamber Music

Artists

  • music by: Antonín Dvořák
  • violin: Jiří Vodička
  • piano: David Mareček

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Jiří Vodička, David Mareček

Dvořák: Complete Works for Violin and Piano

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Catalogue Number: SU 4340-2
Published: 23rd August 2024
Genre: Chamber Music
Format: 2 CD
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904) – Sonata in F major, Op. 57. Romantic Pieces, Op. 75. Sonatina in G major, Op. 100. Capriccio, B 81. Romance in F minor, Op. 11. Ballade in D minor, Op. 15/1. Nocturne in B major, Op. 40. Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E minor, Op. 46/2. Humoresque No. 7 in G flat major, Op. 101/7 (arr. Fritz Kreisler). Mazurek in E minor, Op. 49.

Jiří Vodička – violin, David Mareček – piano

Won’t nearly an hour and three quarters of music for violin and piano by the same composer be too monotonous? No it won’t because it is Dvořák… Dvořák never repeated himself; in every work, he created a different musical world. It would be hard to find another composer capable of such diversity within a single musical genre. After the earliest of the pieces, the Romance, he sent his publisher Simrock the Mazurek, which he dedicated to the Spanish virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate. The almost meditative Nocturne first appeared in a string quartet and then a quintet before being heard for the first time as an independent piece in arrangements including one for violin and piano. The Violin Sonata in F major, a chamber music pendant to Dvořák’s Violin Concerto, clearly took inspiration from Brahms’s First Violin Sonata. And there is more: the virtuosic Capriccio, the haunting Romantic Pieces, the Slavonic Dance No. 2 presented here uniquely in the composer’s own arrangement, the delightful Humoresque arranged by Fritz Kreisler… and a work bearing the opus number 100, which Dvořák deliberately reserved for his Sonatina dedicated to two of his children; though simple, it is no less individual than any of the composer’s other mature opuses. To sum it all up, this is a unique collection of Dvořák’s complete works for violin and piano recorded by the virtuoso Jiří Vodička, concertmaster of the Czech Philharmonic, sensitively accompanied by David Mareček at the piano. The recording is enhanced by the beautiful acoustics of the Rudolfinum’s Dvořák Hall in Prague.

Dvořák for violin and piano. A new world of music in every composition.

CD 1

Antonín Dvořák
Sonata for Violin and Piano in F major, Op. 57, B 106
1. I. Allegro, ma non troppo 10:50
2. II. Poco sostenuto 06:07
3. III. Allegro molto 05:21
Antonín Dvořák
Romantic Pieces, Op. 75, B 150
4. I. Allegro moderato. Cavatina 03:00
5. II. Allegro maestoso. Capriccio 02:26
6. III. Allegro appassionato. Romanza 02:15
7. IV. Larghetto. Elegia 06:24
Antonín Dvořák
Sonatina in G major, Op. 100, B 120
8. I. Allegro risoluto 05:34
9. II. Larghetto 04:15
10. III. Scherzo. Molto vivace 02:48
11. IV. Finale. Allegro 06:30

CD 2

Antonín Dvořák
1. Capriccio in C major, B 81 09:30
Antonín Dvořák
2. Romance in F minor, Op. 11, B 38 11:50
Antonín Dvořák
3. Ballad in D minor, Op. 15/1, B 139 06:01
Antonín Dvořák
4. Nocturne in B major, Op. 40, B 48a 05:38
Antonín Dvořák
5. Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E minor, Op. 46, B 170 04:42
Antonín Dvořák
6. Humoresque No. 7 in G flat major, Op. 101/7, B 187 03:01
Antonín Dvořák
7. Mazurek in E minor, Op. 49, B 89 06:03

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