Josef Bohuslav Foerster Piano Trio No. 2 - Vítězslav Novák Piano Trio No. 2 - Leoš Janáček Pohádka - Zdeněk Fibich Piano Trio Kinsky Trio Prague

• Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859 - 1951): Piano Trio No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 38:
• 1 Foerster: Piano Trio No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 38: I. Allegro energico 07:07
• 2 Foerster: Piano Trio No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 38: II. Allegro molto 08:37
• 3 Foerster: Piano Trio No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 38: III. Adagio 07:14
• Vítězslav Novák (1870 - 1949): Piano Trio No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 27 "Quasi una Ballata":
• 4 Novák: Piano Trio No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 27 "Quasi una Ballata": Andante tragico - Allegro burlesco quasi Scherzo - Più tranquillo - Andante - Allegro - Andante 17:05
• Leoš Janáček (1854 - 1928): Pohádka, for Cello and Piano:
• 5 Janáček: Pohádka, for Cello and Piano: I. Moderato. Andante 04:08
• 6 Janáček: Pohádka, for Cello and Piano: II. Con moto 03:35
• 7 Janáček: Pohádka, for Cello and Piano: III. Allegro 03:44
• 8 Janáček: Pohádka, for Cello and Piano: IV. Adagio. Allegro 03:54
• Zdenek Fibich (1850 - 1900): Piano Trio in F Minor:
• 9 Fibich: Piano Trio in F Minor: I. Molto con fuoco 07:01
• 10 Fibich: Piano Trio in F Minor: II. Adagio ma non troppo 03:02
• 11 Fibich: Piano Trio in F Minor: III. Vivacissimo 05:52
• Total Runtime 01:11:19

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An original programme of post-Smetana chamber music re-inserting Janáček into the midst of his contemporary competitors who occupied the Czech scene up until the last world war. Naturalism (Fibich), spiritual fidelity to the ethic of Dvořák (Foerster) and uncompromising patriotism (Novák) form a sharp contrast to the storyteller, composer of the ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ Quartet, forgetting the law of counterpoint, as in Pohádka whose centennial we commemorate here.

Kinsky Trio Prague:
Lucie Sedláková Hůlová, violin
Martin Sedlák, cello
Veronika Böhmová, piano

Kinsky Trio Prague
Founded in 1998, the Kinsky Trio Prague is one of the outstanding Czech chamber ensembles. Since 2004 the Trio has had the honour of bearing the name ‘KINSKY’ by kind permission of the aristocratic Czech family from Kostelec nad Orlicí. The Trio studied at the Academy of Music in Prague under Václav Bernášek, cellist of the Kocian Quartet, has taken part in several master classes (e.g. with the Guarneri Trio and the Florestan Trio).

The Kinsky’s international career has taken them all over Europe (Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Belgium, England, France, Lichtenstein), the U.S.A., Canada, Mexico and also the Seychelles. They regularly record for Czech Radio, and their concerts have also been broadcast in Mexico and the U.S. In 2007-2009 the Kinsky Trio Prague organized its own series of chamber concerts at the Stone Bell House, an historic inn on the Old Town Square in their home city of Prague.

Since 2009 the Kinsky Trio Prague regularly record CDs for the French label Praga Digitals (distributed by Harmonia Mundi). Their recording of complete piano trios by Bohuslav Martinů has been warmly recommended by international music critics (Diapason, Gramophone, Classica, Harmonie, etc.). The other CDs include compositions by Czech composers Foerster, Novák, Janáček and Fibich, and less known Russian trios by Borodin, Rimsky Korsakov and Arensky.

Kinsky Trio Prague organizes every summer a chamber music course “Pellegrina with the Kinsky Trio & Friends” for musicians from all over the world.

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