Meeting of Piano Virtuosos

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Release Date: 7th Feb 2020
Catalogue No: UP0218
Label: Arco Diva
Length: 59 minutes

Excerpt, Bach, J S: Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004

Work length15:23

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Ladislava Vondráčková

V. Chaconne (Arr. F. Busoni for Piano)

Track length15:23

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Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 18 in D major, K576 'Hunt'

Work length15:08

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Ladislava Vondráčková

I. Allegro

Track length5:24

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II. Adagio

Track length5:23

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III. Allegretto

Track length4:21

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Chopin: Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47

Work length8:30

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Ladislava Vondráčková

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C-Sharp Minor, S. 244 No. 12

Work length10:52

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Ladislava Vondráčková

Smetana: Fantasia on Czech Folksongs, JB 1:83

Work length9:25

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Ladislava Vondráčková

Track length9:25

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As you can read from the title “A meeting of piano virtuosos” – this album is a selection of compositions by the greatest composers of all times. The first one is Chaconne in D minor by Johann Sebastian Bach. After a big rise in the interest in Bach’s music in the 19th century was originally violin Chaconne arranged for the modern piano by Italian composer and piano virtuoso Ferruccio Busoni. The next composer is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his Piano Sonata No. 18 in D major, K.V. 576, written in 1789, also known as “The Hunting” or “The Trumpet Sonata”. The third composition is Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47 by Fryderyk Chopin, written in 1841 in Paris. Next composition is well-known Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C sharp minor by another piano virtuosos Ferenc Liszt. And last but not least composition is Fantasia on Czech Folksongs by the Czech composer Bedrich Smetana, whose credo written in his diary was: “With God’s help and grace I will one day be a Liszt in technique and Mozart in composition.” Pianist Ladislava Vondrácková studied in the final class of Prof. Valentina Kameníková. She took part in many competitions, always winning prizes and special awards. While attending the Prague Conservatoire she already began to take part in chambre music and work with singers. Later she was auditioned at the Conservatoire for a repetiteur position which she held for 7 years. In 1997 she graduated from the Prague Academy of Performing Arts, where she now teaches.

Meeting of Piano Virtuosos

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