Dvorak: Piano Trio Op. 26 & Suk: Piano Quartet, Op. 1

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Dvorak: Piano Trio Op. 26 & Suk: Piano Quartet, Op. 1

Artists of Spannungen Festival 2017

Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Max Hornung (cello), Kiveli Dörken (piano), Martin Helmchen (piano), Antje Weithaas (violin), Vicki Powell (viola), Maximilian Hornung (cello)

Release Date: 14th Sep 2018
Catalogue No: AVI8553404
Label: Avi Music
Length: 52 minutes

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Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 2 in G minor, Op. 26 (B56)

Work length30:25

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Kiveli Dörken (soloist), Maximilian Hornung (soloist), Christian Tetzlaff (soloist)

I. Allegro moderato

Track length12:01

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II. Largo

Track length6:22

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III. Scherzo: Presto

Track length5:45

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IV. Finale: Allegro non tanto

Track length6:17

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Suk: Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 1

Work length21:51

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Vicki Powell (soloist), Maximilian Hornung (soloist), Antje Weithaas (soloist), Martin Helmchen (soloist)

I. Allegro appassionata

Track length6:48

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II. Adagio

Track length7:52

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III. Allegro con fuoco

Track length7:11

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Antje Weithaas and friends perform Dvorak's Piano Trio in G minor, Op.26 and Suk's Quartet, Op.1 in live recordings from the Spannungen festival, 2017.

In 1876, Dvorak composed the Trio in G Minor, op. 26 in a mere 16 days. Certain traits in this trio already seem to reveal Dvorak's profound affinity with Brahms on an instinctive level. Gradually emerging from a series of brief motifs, the first movement's main theme is subjected to thematic treatment throughout. This movement is also the longest, lasting a total of twelve minutes. It's sombre mood does not yet reflect the true personal style of he who would soon write the Slavonic Dances. Notwithstanding, certain cello cantilenas in the slow movement and towards the end of the sombre, violent scherzo offer a foretaste of the great melodic gifts that Dvorak would soon reveal to the world.

The composition Suk submitted for the final exam is none other than the Piano Quartet in A Minor, op. 1. The first movement's disarming impetuousness engulfs the listener like a shock wave, betraying not only the influence of Brahms, the true doyen of Late Romantic chamber music, but also that of Dvorak, his own teacher. More significantly, however, a personal style already becomes noticeable in this work. The energetic introductory movement is followed by a clear contrast: a muted, nocturne-like, melodically intense Adagio that sets in with a warm cello cantilena. The second movement's expressive middle section exudes a fairy-tale-like atmosphere, similar to the one in the incidental music that Suk would later compose for the play Raduz and Mahulena. The final movement begins with a march-like main theme that is alternated with contrasting episodes, thus giving the general structural impression of a rondo… (Excerpts from the Booklet by Pedro Obiera)

Personnel Christian Tetzlaff - Violin Maximilian Hornung - Cello Kiveli Dorken - Piano Antje Weithaas - Violin Vicki Powell - Viola Martin Helmchen - Piano

Dvorak: Piano Trio Op. 26 & Suk: Piano Quartet, Op. 1

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