Title: | Complete Chamber Works |
Otros títulos: | Complete Chamber Works Vol. 2 Piano Trio Piano Quintet a. o. |
Intérprete/ Colaborador: | Josef Suk; Suk Trio; Suk Quartet; Jan Panenka; Jan Talich; Michaela Fukacová |
Código CDU: | Suk.02 |
Forma Musical: | Piano trios ; Piano quartets ; Piano quintets. |
Abstract: | Czech composer Josef Suk was born on January 4, 1874, in Krecovice, Bohemia, where his father was a choral director. The elder Josef Suk taught his son to play the piano, violin, and organ. In 1885, at the age of 11, Suk entered the Prague Conservatory. By 1888, he had composed a mass, the Krecovická mase; he received his degree in 1891, with what became the Op. 1 piano quartet as his thesis. When Antonín Dvorák became a professor at the Conservatory, Suk stayed an extra year to study with him. Dvorák considered Suk his best student, and the two became personally close. In 1898, Suk married Dvorák's daughter Otilie. Suk's compositional life may be divided into two periods. His early works are characterized by a late Romantic style that created a general perception of Suk as Dvorák's heir. Compared with Dvorák, Suk wrote little chamber music, but found success with the Four Pieces for violin and piano, Op. 17, written in 1900, and the Fantasy for violin and orchestra, Op. 24, of 1903, ... |