CD 1
1. Josef Suk - Fantaisie-Polonaise (C major), Op.5 00:07:05
2. Josef Suk - Humoresque in C major 00:01:29
Josef Suk - Moods, Op.10 00:21:34
4. I. Legend 00:07:51
5. II. Capriccio 00:03:21
6. III. Romance 00:03:32
7. IV. Bagatelle 00:02:14
8. V. Springtime Idyll 00:04:15
Josef Suk - Piano Pieces, Op.12 00:32:20
9. I. Andante 00:04:58
10. II. Allegro moderato 00:03:32
11. III. Adagio, ma non troppo 00:03:27
12. IV. Allegro, ma non troppo 00:02:41
13. V. Andante con moto 00:03:07
14. VI. Allegro vivace 00:03:50
15. VII. Allegretto 00:03:01
16. VIII. Andante 00:07:07
5. Josef Suk - Village Serenade 00:02:41
CD 2
Josef Suk - Suite for Piano, Op. 21 00:21:27
1. I. Adagio, Allegro vivace 00:06:09
2. II. Minuetto (Moderato) 00:03:50
3. III. Dumka (Adagio, ma non troppo) 00:05:10
4. IV. Allegro ma non troppo 00:06:00
Josef Suk - Spring. The Cycle of Piano Works, Op. 22a 00:15:26
5. I. Spring. Allegro con brio 00:05:12
6. II. The Breeze. Andante, quasi Allegretto 00:01:45
7. III. In Expectation. Andante con moto ed espressivo 00:03:13
8. IV. Andante 00:02:02
9. V. Yearning. Allegro non troppo 00:02:56
Josef Suk - Summer Moods. The Cycle of Piano Works, Op. 22b 00:13:00
10. I. At Midday. Moderato 00:04:15
11. II. Children Playing. Allegretto 00:01:58
12. III. Evening Mood. Andante espressivo 00:06:37
Josef Suk - About Mother. 5 pieces, Op. 28 00:23:40
13. I. When Mother Was Still a Little Girl. Allegretto molto moderato 00:03:20
14. II. Long Ago in Spring. Adagio - Allegro non troppo 00:04:41
15. III. How Mother Sang at Night to the Sick Child. Andante 00:04:51
16. IV. About Mother´s Heart. Andante sostenuto 00:05:30
17. V. Souvenirs. Andante 00:04:56
CD 3
Josef Suk - Things Lived and Dreamt, Op. 30, sesit I.a II. 00:36:36
1. Allegro moderato. With humour and irony, here and there with excitement 00:01:59
2. Allegro vivo. Restlessly and shyly, without strong expression 00:01:41
3. Andante sostenuto. Mysteriously and highly airily 00:03:53
4. Poco allegretto. Contemplatively, then increasingly aggressively 00:02:37
5. On my son´s recovery. Adagio. Calmly, with deep feeling 00:06:12
6. Moderato quasi allegretto. With quiet, carefree good humour 00:03:17
7. Adagio non tanto. Simply, then with shattering power 00:05:19
8. Vivace. Gently, twittering like a swallow 00:01:49
9. Poco andante. Whisperingly and mysteriously 00:02:56
10. The forgotten graves in the corner of the Krecovice cemetery. Adagio. Dreamily 00:05:57
Josef Suk - Lullabies, Op. 33 00:20:38
11. Sleeping Children. Andante sostenuto 00:03:12
12. Song. Andante 00:01:26
13. Sentimental Self-parody on a Popular Song. Andante quasi adagio 00:02:13
14. On a Friend´s Recovery. Andante moderato 00:04:01
15. Christmas Dream. Moderato con moto 00:02:43
16. Death, come softly. Andante con moto 00:06:33
17. Josef Suk - Friendship, Op. 36 00:05:12
Josef Suk - Episodes 00:16:12
18. Andante 00:05:00
19. Ella - Polka 00:02:39
20. Albumleaf. Andante 00:05:12
21. Christmas Eve. Andante con moto 00:03:10
Pavel Štěpán piano
Stereo studio recording, 1974-1975
Josef Suk (1874-1935), the leading exponent of the Czech Modern movement, was so talented that he began to study at Prague Conservatory when he was only eleven. He began to compose at an early age, and although he was a violinist by trade he wrote for the piano throughout his entire life. As much as Suk loved to write, composition was a "sideline" for him, (much as it was for Gustav Mahler, whose was primarily employed as head of the Vienna Opera), whereas his "full time job" was his career as the second violinist of the famous Czech Quartet, with which he traveled the world, playing thousands of concerts between 1892 and 1933. The piano was Suk's intimate artistic confessor and interpreter, privy to his innermost feelings and moods. It would be only a slight exaggeration to call his piano works a piano reduction of his abstract musical and creative workshop. The career of Czech pianist Pavel Štěpán (1925-1998), who recorded this collection, continues a great family tradition; his father is the composer, pianist, theorist and Suk specialist Václav Štěpán. His five LP recording of the complete piano works of Josef Suk was awarded a Supraphon Gold Album in 1978. His friend and chamber music partner Ilja Hurník has written that "the art of Pavel Štěpán is an art of suggestive hints, which thanks to his precise technique and timbral culture is perfectly clear and convincing."
(Supraphon 2005)
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