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Here's a little curiosity pairing Dvorák's great-grandson, the octogenarian Josef Suk III, with the only somewhat younger Vladimir Ashkenazy in arrangements for violin or viola (or both) and piano of Dvorák's songs. The project originated not with either of those giants but with Toccata label executive Martin Anderson, whose expressed goal was apparently to promote awareness of the composer's historically neglected songs. This neglect may be due to the general lack of familiarity with the Czech language; perhaps, the thinking went, nonverbal versions of the songs would help to put them across. Even if this idea does not fully succeed, there's a certain gentle charm in the entire enterprise, and annotator Tully Potter (the notes are in English only) notes that Dvorák, who arranged some of these songs for string quartet, would probably not have objected to it. And indeed the opening Gypsy Songs, Op. 55, which are less gypsy-like even than Brahms' related pieces, and the Love Songs, Op. 83, work well as violin-and-piano pieces, with numerous good examples of Dvorák's melodic gift beyond the well-known Songs My Mother Taught Me, track 4. The centerpiece of the program is less convincing, perhaps because one badly wants it to succeed: the Biblical Songs, Op. 99, are masterpieces of Dvorák's American period and arguably some of the greatest hidden gems of the entire art song repertory. The prayerful, pause-filled idiom of these pieces does not transfer so well to the viola and a wan quality to the sound also impedes these performances. The lover of Czech music, however, will generally be pleased with this unusual item.
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Zigeunermelodien, Op. 55, B. 104 (arr. J. Suk) (Antonín Dvořák)
Josef Suk, violin - Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
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Josef Suk, violin - Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
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Josef Suk, violin - Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
2012 Toccata Classics 2012 Toccata Classics
Josef Suk, violin - Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
2012 Toccata Classics 2012 Toccata Classics
Josef Suk, violin - Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
2012 Toccata Classics 2012 Toccata Classics
Josef Suk, violin - Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
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Josef Suk, violin - Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
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In Folk Tone, Op. 73, B. 146 (arr. J. Suk) (Antonín Dvořák)
Josef Suk, violin - Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
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Josef Suk, violin - Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
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Love Songs, Op. 83, B. 160 (arr. J. Suk) (Antonín Dvořák)
Josef Suk, violin - Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
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Josef Suk, violin - Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
2012 Toccata Classics 2012 Toccata Classics
Josef Suk, violin - Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
2012 Toccata Classics 2012 Toccata Classics
Josef Suk, violin - Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
2012 Toccata Classics 2012 Toccata Classics
Josef Suk, violin - Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
2012 Toccata Classics 2012 Toccata Classics
Josef Suk, violin - Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
2012 Toccata Classics 2012 Toccata Classics
Josef Suk, violin - Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
2012 Toccata Classics 2012 Toccata Classics
Josef Suk, violin - Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
2012 Toccata Classics 2012 Toccata Classics
4 Lieder, Op. 82, B. 157: No. 1. Lasst mich allein (Leave Me Alone) (arr. J. Suk) (Antonín Dvořák)
Josef Suk, violin - Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
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Lullaby, B. 194 (arr. J. Suk) (Antonín Dvořák)
Josef Suk, violin - Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
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10 Biblical Songs, Op. 99, B. 185 (arr. J. Suk) (Antonín Dvořák)
Josef Suk, viola - Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
2012 Toccata Classics 2012 Toccata Classics
Josef Suk, viola - Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
2012 Toccata Classics 2012 Toccata Classics
Josef Suk, viola - Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
2012 Toccata Classics 2012 Toccata Classics
Josef Suk, viola - Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
2012 Toccata Classics 2012 Toccata Classics
Josef Suk, viola - Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
2012 Toccata Classics 2012 Toccata Classics
Josef Suk, viola - Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
2012 Toccata Classics 2012 Toccata Classics
Josef Suk, viola - Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
2012 Toccata Classics 2012 Toccata Classics
Josef Suk, viola - Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
2012 Toccata Classics 2012 Toccata Classics
Josef Suk, viola - Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
2012 Toccata Classics 2012 Toccata Classics
Josef Suk, viola - Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
2012 Toccata Classics 2012 Toccata Classics
Moravske dvojzpevy (Moravian Duets), Op. 32, B. 62: No. 11. Zajata (The Maid Imprisoned) (arr. J. Suk) (Antonín Dvořák)
Josef Suk, violin - Josef Suk, viola - Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
2012 Toccata Classics 2012 Toccata Classics
Album review
Here's a little curiosity pairing Dvorák's great-grandson, the octogenarian Josef Suk III, with the only somewhat younger Vladimir Ashkenazy in arrangements for violin or viola (or both) and piano of Dvorák's songs. The project originated not with either of those giants but with Toccata label executive Martin Anderson, whose expressed goal was apparently to promote awareness of the composer's historically neglected songs. This neglect may be due to the general lack of familiarity with the Czech language; perhaps, the thinking went, nonverbal versions of the songs would help to put them across. Even if this idea does not fully succeed, there's a certain gentle charm in the entire enterprise, and annotator Tully Potter (the notes are in English only) notes that Dvorák, who arranged some of these songs for string quartet, would probably not have objected to it. And indeed the opening Gypsy Songs, Op. 55, which are less gypsy-like even than Brahms' related pieces, and the Love Songs, Op. 83, work well as violin-and-piano pieces, with numerous good examples of Dvorák's melodic gift beyond the well-known Songs My Mother Taught Me, track 4. The centerpiece of the program is less convincing, perhaps because one badly wants it to succeed: the Biblical Songs, Op. 99, are masterpieces of Dvorák's American period and arguably some of the greatest hidden gems of the entire art song repertory. The prayerful, pause-filled idiom of these pieces does not transfer so well to the viola and a wan quality to the sound also impedes these performances. The lover of Czech music, however, will generally be pleased with this unusual item.
© TiVo
Details of the original recording : 60:05 - DDD - Enregistré du 6 au 8 septembre 2009 au Studio Bohemia à Prague - Notes en anglais
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 30 track(s)
- Total length: 00:59:50
- 2 Digital booklets
- Main artists: Josef Suk
- Composer: Antonín Dvořák
- Label: Toccata Classics
- Area: République Tchèque
- Genre: Classical Chamber Music
- Period: Romantic Music
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