Vítězslav Novák - String Quartet; Piano Quintet (Kubín Quartet; Jiří Skovajsa)

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Composer: Vítězslav Novák

• String Quartet in D major, Op. 35
• Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 12

Kubín Quartet

    Luděk Cap, violin

    Jan Niederle, violin

    Pavel Vítek, viola

    Jiří Zedníček, cello

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Jiří Skovajsa, piano

Date: 1994

Label: Centaur

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Vítězslav Novák (5 December 1870 – 18 July 1949) was a Czech composer and teacher associated with the neo-romantic tradition and Czech musical modernism. He studied at the Prague Conservatory, attending masterclasses with Antonín Dvořák alongside peers such as Josef Suk. Novák later taught at the Conservatory from 1909 to 1920, with Vítězslava Kaprálová among his students. His work was influential in shaping a national cultural identity following Czechoslovakia's independence in 1918. Known for his orchestral and operatic compositions, Novák's music blends rich Romantic expression with modernist elements

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Czech violinist Luděk Cap graduated from the Ostrava Conservatory and the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in Brno. He was a founding member and longtime principal of the Kubín Quartet, and served as concertmaster of the Silesian Chamber Orchestra. In addition to his chamber music career, he has appeared as a soloist with leading orchestras, including the Janáček Philharmonic, Moravian Philharmonic, Pardubice Chamber Philharmonic, and Dresden Philharmonic. In 1982, he joined the faculty of the Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava, and since 2000, has served as a professor at the University of Ostrava's Faculty of Arts.

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