Josef Suk Treasury - Dvorák - Sonata, Sonatina, Romantic Pieces / Josef Suk violin, Alfred Holeček piano / Supraphon -

Audio CD 1989

UPC 8596911070321

MADE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA  

Recorded at the Supraphon Domovina Studio, Prague from 30 June to 7 July 1971!

Josef Suk (4 January 1874 – 29 May 1935) was a Czech composer and violinist. He studied under Antonín Dvořák, whose daughter he married.

From a young age, Josef Suk (born in Křečovice, Bohemia) was deeply involved and well-trained in music. He learned organ, violin, and piano from his father, Josef Suk senior, and was trained further in violin by the Czech violinist Antonín Bennewitz. His theory studies were conducted with several other composers including Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Karel Knittl, and Karel Stecker. He later focused his writing on chamber works under the teachings of Hanuš Wihan. Despite extensive musical training, his musical skill was often said to be largely inherited. Though he continued his lessons with Wihan another year after the completion of his schooling, Suk's greatest inspiration came from another of his teachers, Czech composer Antonín Dvořák

Antonin Dvorák

Compositions For Violin & Piano 

Tracklist:

Sonata in F major, Op. 57

1. Allegro ma non troppo

2. Poco sostenuto

3. Allegro molto

Sonatina in G major, Op. 100

4. Allegro risoluto

5. Larghetto

6. Scherzo. Molto vivace

7. Finale. Allegro

Romantic Pieces, Op. 75

8. Allegro moderato

9. Allegro maestoso

10. Allegro appassionato

11. Larghetto