ŠPORCL P. MY VIOLIN LEGENDS (KOCIAN J., LAUB F., DRDLA F., KUBELÍK J., ONDŘÍČEK F. ...)

1. Jaroslav Kocian (1883-1950) - Old Folks at Home 7:33

Introduction, Theme and Variations on a Melody by Stephen E. Foster

2. Ferdinand Laub (1832-1875) - Polonaise 6:42

3. František Drdla (1868-1944) - Souvenir 3:50

4. Jan Kubelík (1880-1940) - Burlesque 5:03

5. Jaroslav Kocian - Serenade in D major 7:19

6. Jaroslav Kocian - Intermezzo Pittoresque Op. 18, No. 2 4:27

7. František Ondříček (1857-1922) - Barcarole Op. 10 5:18

8. Ferdinand Laub - Saltarello Op. 4, No. 4 3:34

9. Jan Kubelík - Tenerezza 3:02

10. František Ondříček - Scherzo Capriccioso Op. 18 5:12

11. Váša Příhoda (1900-1960) - Romance élégiaque 4:26

12. František Drdla - Serenade 3:24

13. Otakar Śevčík (1852-1934) - Czech Dance No. 7, Op. 10a 2:58

14. Pavel Šporcl (*1973) - Bohemian Nostalgia 4:16

Pavel Šporcl - violin, Petr Jiříkovský - piano

Stereo digital studio recording HAMU, Prague, May 4-6 and 25-28, 2013.

On this CD Pavel Šporcl introduces himself with compositions of the authors who were the most significant Czech violin virtuosi of the period between Paganini and Oistrach. These outstanding representatives of the Czech violin art collected the highest honours in the nineteenth and at the beginning of the twentieth centuries in music capitals of the world (New York, London, Vienna, Berlin, Munich, Prague, Kharkov or Kiev) and they also laid the pedagogical foundations their successors have been benefiting from. Ferdinand Laub, Jan Kubelík or Váša Příhoda were proclaimed the best virtuosi of their time, Otakar Ševčík worked as a sought-after pedagogue in Vienna, Russia or America. One of the offshoots of the Czech violin school has led from Ševčík via his student Jaroslav Kocian and Václav Snítil to the protagonist of this recording who belongs among the most popular classical music artists in his country. With this recording Pavel Šporcl decided to commemorate the greatest representatives of the famous Czech violin school.

Pavel Šporcl pays homage to the greatest Czech violinists of the last two centuries.

(Supraphon 2013)