Bedřich Smetana; Josef Suk; Vítězslav Novák - Piano Trios (Joachim Trio)

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Composer: Bedřich Smetana; Josef Suk; Vítězslav Novák

• Smetana - Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15
• Suk - Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 2
• Suk - Elegie (Under the Impression of Zeyer's Vyšehrad), Op. 23
• Novák - Trio quasi una ballata in D minor, Op. 27

Joachim Trio

    Rebecca Hirsch, violin

    Caroline Dearnley, cello

    John Lenehan, piano

Date: 1998

Label: Naxos

https://www.naxos.com/CatalogueDetail/?id=8.553415

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Bedřich Smetana (2 March 1824 – 12 May 1884) was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style which became closely identified with his country's aspirations to independent statehood. The basic materials from which Smetana fashioned his art, according to Newmarch, were nationalism, realism and romanticism. He is thus widely regarded in his homeland as the father of Czech music. Internationally he is best known for his opera The Bartered Bride and for the symphonic cycle Má vlast ("My Homeland"), which portrays the history, legends and landscape of the composer's native land.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedřich Smetana

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Josef Suk (4 January 1874 – 29 May 1935) was a Czech composer and violinist. Known as one of Antonín Dvořák's favorite pupils, Suk became very close to his mentor and later married Dvořák's daughter, Otilie. He was also the grandfather of famed Czech violinist Josef Suk (1929-2011). Suk, alongside Vítězslav Novák and Otakar Ostrčil, is considered one of the leading composers in Czech Modernism. Although he wrote mostly instrumental music, he occasionally branched out into other genres, such as chamber music and music for solo piano. As a violinist, Suk was a member of the Bohemian Quartet. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Suk_(composer)

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Vítězslav Novák (5 December 1870 – 18 July 1949) was a Czech composer and teacher. He studied at the Prague Conservatory and attended Antonín Dvořák's masterclasses in composition, where his fellow students included Josef Suk. From 1909 to 1920, he taught at the Prague Conservatory; Vítězslava Kaprálová was among his students. Stylistically, Novák was part of the neo-romantic tradition, and his music is considered an important example of Czech modernism. He worked towards a strong Czech identity in culture after the country became independent in 1918. His compositions include operas and orchestral works.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vítězslav Novák

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