Dvořák - Complete Piano Works - Kvapil

"It’s generally acknowledged that Dvorák’s piano works form perhaps the weakest segment of his output. How ironic, then, that one of his best known tunes comes from among these same pieces: Humoresque No. 5. You would think that the ubiquity of this charming little work would at least encourage enterprising pianists to take on the remaining seven Humoresques in the complete set, but Czech artists aside, no one seems to be interested. (...) Radoslav Kvapil’s sympathetic and idiomatic performances of this music, recorded in the late 60s, join the three volumes already issued by Supraphon to form both the finest and only complete survey of Dvorák’s piano works. There are some real gems awaiting rediscovery among these four CDs (...)"

David Hurwitz in Classical Today

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
CD1
Silhouettes, op.8
Two Minuets, op.28
Dumka, op.35
Tema con variazioni, op.36
Scottish Dances, op.41
Furiants, op.42

CD2
Waltzes, op.54
Eclogues, op.56
Moderato in A major, sine op.
Album Leaves, sine op.
Piano Pieces, op.52

CD3
Mazurkas, op.56
Impromptuin D minor, sine op.
Dumka and Furiant, op.12
Humoresque in F sharp major, sine op.
Suite in A major, op.98
Two Piano Pieces, op.posth.

CD4
Humoresques, op.101
Poetic Moods, op.85

Radoslav Kvapil - piano

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