Anthony Marwood, Susan Tomes - Dvořák: Music for Violin & Piano - Sonata; Sonatina; 4 Romantic Pieces etc. (1998)

Tracklist

01. Dvořák: Violin Sonatina in G Major, Op. 100, B. 183: I. Allegro risoluto
02. Dvořák: Violin Sonatina in G Major, Op. 100, B. 183: II. Larghetto
03. Dvořák: Violin Sonatina in G Major, Op. 100, B. 183: III. Scherzo & Trio. Molto vivace
04. Dvořák: Violin Sonatina in G Major, Op. 100, B. 183: IV. Finale. Allegro
05. Dvořák: Ballad in D Minor, Op. 15 No. 1
06. Dvořák: 4 Romantic Pieces, Op. 75: No. 1, Allegro moderato
07. Dvořák: 4 Romantic Pieces, Op. 75: No. 2, Allegro maestoso
08. Dvořák: 4 Romantic Pieces, Op. 75: No. 3, Allegro appassionato
09. Dvořák: 4 Romantic Pieces, Op. 75: No. 4, Larghetto
10. Dvořák: Violin Sonata in F Major, Op. 57: I. Allegro, ma non troppo
11. Dvořák: Violin Sonata in F Major, Op. 57: II. Poco sostenuto
12. Dvořák: Violin Sonata in F Major, Op. 57: III. Allegro molto
13. Dvořák: Notturno in B Major, Op. 40, B. 48a

Dvořák's music for violin and piano comes from many periods in his career. An early Sonata in A minor of 1873 is lost. Of the works which do survive, several, including the Notturno and Four Romantic Pieces, are skilful arrangements of earlier works (the Notturno is a reworking of the central section of the E minor String Quartet, while the Four Pieces were originally written for viola and piano).

There are two extensive compositions exclusively for violin and piano: the Sonata in F major, interestingly designated by the composer as being for 'piano and violin', and the popular Sonatina in G major, composed during his stay in America. Both are models of perfection in this most relaxed of chamber-music genres.

The Ballad in D minor was composed in the autumn of 1884 specifically for publication in the Christmas edition of the London Magazine of Music and is a work with a tragic and passionate tone akin to that of the Seventh Symphony.

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