Josef Suk: Early Recordings / Josef Suk, Holecek

On the morning on 7 July 2011 the agencies brought the sad news that one of the legends of 20thcentury music had passed away. Josef Suk ranks among the most accomplished violinists of the epoch. When he launched his artistic career, he was gifted with unquestionable talent but also felt the obligation to meet the enormous general expectations (he was, after all, the grandson of the composer Josef Suk and great grandson of the maestro Antonin Dvorak!). Back in the mid-1950s he won international recognition - and began recording too. The presented recordings, most of them on CD for the very first time, date from 1956-1967 and introduce Josef Suk as a mature artist with a distinct interpretational approach and a beautiful, characteristic tone. Within a short time, he recorded, primarily with pianists (Holecek, Panenka, Hala), a remarkably extensive repertoire, ranging from pieces by his beloved Dvorak and Suk (to whom he would repeatedly return) to sonatas by Debussy and Janacek (for which he received a Grand Prix du Disque de l'Academie Charles Cros), as well as duos by Kodaly and Honegger with the cellist Andre Navarra. These carefully remastered recordings serve as a historical document and, above all, bear witness to the art of a superlative young musician whose name would later on be spoken of in the same breath as other legends.

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Recording information: Domovina Studio, Prague.

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Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Romantic Pieces (4) for Violin and Piano, Op. 75/B 150

Performers: Josef Suk (Violin); Josef Hála (Piano)
Notes: Composition written: ?01/20/1887-01/25/1887.
Running Time: 15 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Romantic

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Sonatina for Violin and Piano in G major, Op. 100/B 183

Performers: Josef Suk (Violin); Jan Panenka (Piano)
Notes: Domovina Studio, Prague (1958-01-29&1958-02-01&1958-)
Running Time: 19 min. 12 sec.
Period Time: Romantic

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Sonata for Violin and Piano in F major, Op. 57/B 106

Performers: Josef Suk (Violin); Jan Panenka (Piano)
Notes: Domovina Studio, Prague (05/02/1957-05/03/1957)
Running Time: 24 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Romantic

Suk, Josef : Pieces (4) for Violin and Piano, Op. 17

Performers: Jan Panenka (Piano); Josef Suk (Violin)
Notes: Domovina Studio, Prague (1957-12-09&1957-12-12&1957-)
Running Time: 16 min. 21 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1900

Leos Janácek (1854 - 1928) : Sonata for violin & piano, JW 7/7

Performers: Jan Panenka (Piano); Josef Suk (Violin)
Notes: Domovina Studio, Prague (04/23/1958-04/24/1958)
Running Time: 15 min. 13 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1914-1915

Smetana, Bedrich : Z domoviny (From the Homeland), pieces (2) for violin & piano, JB 1 :: 118

Performers: Jan Panenka (Piano); Josef Suk (Violin)
Running Time: 12 min. 48 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1880

Jezek, Jaroslav : Sonata for violin & piano

Performers: Jan Panenka (Piano); Josef Suk (Violin)
Running Time: 4 min. 31 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1933

Martinu, Bohuslav : Duo for violin & cello no 1, H. 157

Performers: André Navarra (Cello); Josef Suk (Violin)
Notes: Domovina Studio, Prague (09/28/1964-09/30/1964)
Running Time: 11 min. 47 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 01/26/1927

Martinu, Bohuslav : Duo for violin & cello no 2 in D major, H. 371

Performers: Josef Suk (Violin); André Navarra (Cello)
Notes: Domovina Studio, Prague (09/28/1964-09/30/1964)
Running Time: 12 min. 41 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Grieg, Edvard : Sonata no 3 in C minor for violin & piano

Performers: Josef Suk (Violin); Josef Hála (Piano)
Notes: Domovina Studio, Prague (03/26/1956-03/29/1956)
Running Time: 24 min. 30 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1886-1887

Schumann, Robert : Op. 85 :: no 12 Evening Song

Performers: Josef Suk (Violin); Josef Hála (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1849

Respighi, Ottorino : Sonata for violin & piano, in B minor, P. 110

Performers: Jan Panenka (Piano); Josef Suk (Violin)
Notes: Domovina Studio, Prague (01/16/1958-01/17/1958)
Running Time: 23 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1917

Brahms, Johannes : Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in G major, Op. 78

Performers: Josef Suk (Violin); Josef Hála (Piano)
Notes: Domovina Studio, Prague (03/22/1956-03/23/1956)
Running Time: 24 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1878-1879

Brahms, Johannes : Waltz

Performers: Josef Hála (Piano); Josef Suk (Violin)
Running Time: 2 min. 10 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1865

Brahms, Johannes : Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2 in A major, Op. 100

Performers: Josef Suk (Violin); Jan Panenka (Piano)
Notes: Domovina Studio, Prague (06/18/1962-06/21/1962)
Running Time: 20 min. 5 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1886

Brahms, Johannes : Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 108

Performers: Jan Panenka (Piano); Josef Suk (Violin)
Notes: Domovina Studio, Prague (06/18/1962-06/21/1962)
Running Time: 20 min. sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1886-1888

Schubert, Franz : Sonatina for Violin and Piano in D major, D 384/Op 137 no 1

Performers: Josef Suk (Violin); Jan Panenka (Piano)
Notes: Domovina Studio, Prague (06/18/1962-06/21/1962)
Running Time: 12 min. 16 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 03/1816

Schubert, Franz : Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, D 574/Op. 162

Performers: Jan Panenka (Piano); Josef Suk (Violin)
Notes: Domovina Studio, Prague (06/18/1962-06/21/1962)
Running Time: 18 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 08/1817

Debussy, Claude : Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor

Performers: Josef Suk (Violin); Jan Panenka (Piano)
Notes: Domovina Studio, Prague (05/29/1958-05/30/1958)
Running Time: 12 min. 56 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1916-1917

Debussy, Claude : Clair de lune

Performers: Josef Suk (Violin); Josef Hála (Piano)
Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1882

Debussy, Claude : La plus que lente

Performers: Josef Suk (Violin); Alfred Holecek (Piano)
Running Time: 4 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Waltz
Written: 1910

Poulenc, Francis : Sonata for violin & piano, FP 119

Performers: Josef Suk (Violin); Jan Panenka (Piano)
Notes: Domovina Studio, Prague (01/23/1967/01/25/1967)
Running Time: 18 min. 20 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1942-1943

César Franck (1822 - 1890) : Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, M 8

Performers: Josef Suk (Violin); Jan Panenka (Piano)
Notes: Domovina Studio, Prague (01/25/1967-01/31/1967)
Running Time: 28 min. 11 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1886

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Duo for violin & viola no 2 in B flat major, K. 424

Performers: Josef Suk (Violin); Milan Skampa (Viola)
Notes: Domovina Studio, Prague (12/27/1961-12/28/1961)
Running Time: 18 min. 31 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1783

Honegger, Arthur : Sonatine, for violin & cello in E minor, H. 80

Performers: André Navarra (Cello); Josef Suk (Violin)
Notes: Domovina Studio, Prague (09/28/1964-09/30/1964)
Running Time: 15 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1932

Zoltán Kodály (1882 - 1967) : Duo for violin & cello, Op. 7

Performers: André Navarra (Cello); Josef Suk (Violin)
Notes: Domovina Studio, Prague (09/28/1964-09/30/1964)
Running Time: 25 min. 16 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1914

Josef Suk: Early Recordings / Josef Suk, violin; Holecek, Panenka, Hala, Skampa

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