Antonín Dvorák: Moravian Duets

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Supraphon
Release Date
April 20, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      DVORAK, ANTONIN
    • PERFORMER
      Saturova, Cukrova, Nekoranec, Spurny
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 20, 2018
    • UPC
      099925423827
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SU4238-2
    • LABEL
      Supraphon
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Možnost

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Simona Šaturová, Marketa Cukrová, Vojtech Spurný

    2. No. 2. Jablko

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Simona Šaturová, Marketa Cukrová, Vojtech Spurný

    3. No. 3. Věneček

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Simona Šaturová, Marketa Cukrová, Vojtech Spurný

    4. No. 4. Hoře

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Simona Šaturová, Marketa Cukrová, Vojtech Spurný

    5. Moravské dvojzpěvy (Moravian Duets), Op. 32, B. 62: No. 14. Život vojenský (The Soldier's Farewell)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Simona Šaturová, Marketa Cukrová, Vojtech Spurný

    6. Na tej našej střeše laštovečka (There on our roof a swallow carries), B. 118

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Simona Šaturová, Marketa Cukrová, Vojtech Spurný

    7. No. 1. Proměny (Destined)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Simona Šaturová, Petr Nekoranec, Vojtech Spurný

    8. No. 2. Rozloučení (The Parting)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Simona Šaturová, Petr Nekoranec, Vojtech Spurný

    9. No. 3. Chudoba (Poverty)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Simona Šaturová, Petr Nekoranec, Vojtech Spurný

    10. No. 4. Vuře šohaj, vuře (The Last Wish)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Simona Šaturová, Petr Nekoranec, Vojtech Spurný

    11. No. 1. A já ti uplynu (From Thee Now)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Simona Šaturová, Marketa Cukrová, Vojtech Spurný

    12. No. 2. Veleť, vtáčku (Fly Sweetsongster)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Simona Šaturová, Marketa Cukrová, Vojtech Spurný

    13. No. 3. Dyby byla kosa nabróšená (The Slighted Heart)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Simona Šaturová, Marketa Cukrová, Vojtech Spurný

    14. No. 4. V dobrým sme se sešli (Parting Without Sorrow)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Simona Šaturová, Marketa Cukrová, Vojtech Spurný

    15. No. 5. Slavíkovský polečko malý (The Pledge of Love)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Simona Šaturová, Marketa Cukrová, Vojtech Spurný

    16. No. 6. Holub na javoře (Forsaken)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Simona Šaturová, Marketa Cukrová, Vojtech Spurný

    17. No. 7. Voda a pláč (Sad of Heart)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Simona Šaturová, Marketa Cukrová, Vojtech Spurný

    18. No. 8. Skromná (The Modest Maid)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Simona Šaturová, Marketa Cukrová, Vojtech Spurný

    19. No. 9. Prsten (The Ring)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Simona Šaturová, Marketa Cukrová, Vojtech Spurný

    20. No. 10. Zelenaj se, zelenaj (Omens)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Simona Šaturová, Marketa Cukrová, Vojtech Spurný

    21. No. 11. Zajatá (The Maid Imprisoned)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Simona Šaturová, Marketa Cukrová, Vojtech Spurný

    22. No. 12. Neveta (Comfort)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Simona Šaturová, Marketa Cukrová, Vojtech Spurný

    23. No. 13. Šípek (The Wild Rose)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Simona Šaturová, Marketa Cukrová, Vojtech Spurný


Isn't it possible to turn some local material into duets, for example Moravian songs? This question was posed by Jan Neff, himself from Moravia, who grew tired of repeating German songs over and over again at the piano with his wife and Antonín Dvorák. His question in fact stood at the birth of Moravian Duets and also marked the beginning of Dvorák's journey abroad. "Why not, find good lyrics and I will take care of the rest." When the composer got the first selection of folk songs from Sušil's collection, he decided to take only the lyrics and provide them with his own tunes. As soon as the duets got into the hands of Johannes Brahms (who was a member of a committee that assessed Dvorák's application for a state scholarship), the well-established composer did not hesitate to recommend them to his Berlin publisher Fritz Simrock. "When you play them, you will enjoy them just as I did, and as a publisher you will especially be pleased by their unique beauty." It was Simrock who initiated the composition of a four-hand version of the Slavonic Dances that led to Dvorák's first major international success. The present recording is unique in another aspect as well: the complete set of 23 Moravian Duets have been played and recorded on Dvorák's original grand piano, a 1879 Bösendorfer that is a pride of the Antonín Dvorák Museum in Prague. The challenge was taken hold of by young musicians who are not only crowned by international laurels but also possess a sensitivity both for the charm of Dvorák's songs and the unique timbres of the instrument touched by the composer's own hands.