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Antonin Dvorak, Stefan Veselka
Dvorák: Complete Solo Piano Music (Box Set)
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Classical

Track Listings (23) - Disc #1
1. No.1 In A Flat Major
2. No.2 In F Major
3. Dumka In D Minor, Op.35
4. Theme: Tempo Di Minuetto
5. Variation 1: Without Tempo Indication
6. Variation 2: Without Tempo Indication
7. Variation 3: Poco Meno Mosso
8. Variation 4: Allegretto Scherzando
9. Variation 5: Tempo I
10. Variation 6: Poco Andante E Molto Tranquillo
11. Variation 7: Piu Mosso
12. Variation 8: Un Poco Piu Mosso
13. No.1 Allegretto In F Sharp Minor
14. No.2 A Question - Allegretto In G Minor
15. No.3 Moderato In E Flat Major
16. No.1 Moderato In A Major
17. No.2 Allegro Con Fuoco In A Minor
18. No.3 Poco Allegro In E Major
19. No.4 Allegro Vivace In D Flat Major
20. No.5 Allegro In B Flat Major
21. No.6 Allegro In F Major
22. No.7 Allegro In D Minor
23. No.8 Allegro Vivace In E Flat Major
Track Listings (16) - Disc #2
1. No.1 Allegro Con Fuoco In D Major
2. No.2 Allegro Con Fuoco In F Major
3. No.1 Allegro Non Tanto In F Major
4. No.2 Quasi Allegretto In D Major
5. No.3 Moderato In G Major
6. No.4 Allegretto In E Major
7. No.1 Allegro Molto In F Major
8. No.2 Allegretto In G Major
9. No.3 Moderato In A Major
10. No.4 Moderato In G Major
11. No.1 Impromptu: Presto In G Minor
12. No.2 Intermezzo: Larghetto In E Flat Major
13. No.3 Gigue: Allegretto Scherzando In B Flat Major
14. No.4 Eclogue: Poco Allegro In G Minor
15. No.5 Allegro Molto In G Minor
16. No.6 Tempo Di Marcia In E Flat Major
Track Listings (17) - Disc #3
1. No.1 Dumka In C Minor: Allegretto Moderato
2. No.2 Furiant In G Minor: Vivace
3. No.1 In A Ring!: Vivace
4. No.2 Grandpa Dances With Grandma: Allegretto Grazioso
5. No.1 On The Road At Night: Allegro Moderato
6. No.2 Toying: Allegretto Leggiero
7. No.3 At The Old Castle: Lento
8. No.4 Spring Song: Poco Allegro
9. No.5 Peasant's Ballad: Allegro Giusto
10. No.6 Reverie: Andante
11. No.7 Furiant: Allegro Feroce
12. No.8 Goblins' Dance: Allegretto
13. No.9 Serenade: Moderato E Molto Cantabile
14. No.10 Bacchanal: Vivacissimo
15. No.11 Tittle-Tattle: Andante Con Moto
16. No.12 At A Hero's Grave: Tempo Di Marcia
17. No.13 At Svata Hora: Poco Lento
Track Listings (26) - Disc #4
1. No.1 Vivace In E Flat Minor
2. No.2 Poco Andante In B Major
3. No.3 Poco Andante E Molto Cantabile In A Flat Major
4. No.4 Poco Andante In F Major
5. No.5 Vivace In A Minor
6. No.6 Poco Allegretto In B Major
7. No.7 Poco Lento E Grazioso In G Flat Major
8. No.8 Poco Andante - Vivace - Meno Mosso, Quasi Tempo I In B Flat Minor
9. No.1 Allegro Non Tanto In A Flat Major
10. No.2 Vivo E Risoluto In C Major
11. No.3 Allegro In B Flat Major
12. No.4 Lento, Ma Non Troppo In D Minor
13. No.5 Allegro Non Troppo In F Major
14. No.6 Allegro In B Minor
15. No.1 Allegro Feroce In C Sharp Minor
16. No.2 Andantino In D Flat Major
17. No.3 Allegretto In D Flat Major
18. No.4 Vivace In F Sharp Minor
19. No.5 Presto In F Sharp Minor
20. No.6 Poco Sostenuto In B Flat Major
21. No.7 Allegro In D Major
22. No.8 Allegretto In B Minor
23. No.9 Allegro In B Major
24. No.10 Allegretto Grazioso In G Major - E Minor
25. No.11 Allegro Moderato In A Major
26. No.12 Allegro Feroce In C Sharp Minor
Track Listings (11) - Disc #5
1. Tempo Di Polka
2. Vivace In D Minor
3. Vivace In F Sharp Major
4. Allegro Scherzando In D Minor
5. 1. Moderato
6. 2. Molto Vivace
7. 3. Allegretto
8. 4. Andante
9. 5. Allegro
10. 1. Lullaby: Molto Moderato In G Major
11. 2. Capriccio: Allegretto Scherzando In G Minor

CD Details

All Artists: Antonin Dvorak, Stefan Veselka
Title: Dvorák: Complete Solo Piano Music (Box Set)
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 6/15/2004
Album Type: Box set
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Classical
Styles: Ballets & Dances, Polkas, Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 5
SwapaCD Credits: 5
UPC: 730099152051

CD Reviews

Pure Dvorak!

R. W. | Oregon | 10/02/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I love Dvorak's symphonies, concertos, and chamber music, so was excited to find there was a box set of his solo piano music available. However, the three star review at Amazon.com gave me pause, so I did what I often do...consulted the professional reviews at www.classicstoday.com. The reviewer there was very enthusiastic not only about the music, but the soloist and sound quality as well.

I am thrilled with this purchase. All the lyrical beauty, heart, soul, passion, pathos and joy of Dvorak's orchestral and chamber works is here, distilled into the solitary voice of the piano. The works vary widely in form (Scottish Dances, Impromptu, Silhouettes, Mazurkas, Album Leaves, Dumka, Furiants, Poetic Tone Pictures, Themes with Variations, Waltzes, and so on). The length of each work varies widely as well, from two minutes to five or ten or twenty, to occasionally almost an hour. In fact, it's partly the variety of the forms that I am finding so fascinating, even refreshing.

Each piece is played with exquisite care by Stefan Veselka. Indeed the sensitivity and power of his playing makes it clear that each note, each pause, first passed through his heart before reaching his fingers.

Simply put, this is beautiful music, beautifully played."

Charming but Unimportant Piano Music

J Scott Morrison | Middlebury VT, USA | 06/23/2004

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Dvorák was not noted for his piano music, although he did play the piano himself. For most people the only piece of his they've ever heard is the once-ubiquitous 'Humoresque,' the seventh in a series of so-named pieces. This 5CD collection of all his published piano music played nicely by Stefan Veselka helps one to understand why the piano pieces are not better known outside the Czech world. They are mostly short character pieces that have little to distinguish them besides the frequent use of Czech rhythms (the catchy 'furiant,' for instance) and the tinge of Bohemian folk music. What is surprising is how often the music sounds both generic and un-pianistic. One shouldn't be THAT surprised at the latter since that's a hallmark of his better-known Piano Concerto. Still, it catches one off-guard at times. I found myself wondering why he did certain things the way he did, particularly since it didn't seem to make the music stronger. Janácek did the same sort of thing but always in the service of an arresting idea; not so here. Don't get the idea that the music isn't pleasant and even lovely at times. It's just that it doesn't seem particularly unique or, dare I say, Dvorákian. When compared with what Brahms was doing at about the same time, or even that by Dvorák's Czech compatriot Fibich, or by Grieg, whose music this often resembles in intent, the music doesn't stand out. Nonetheless, it passes pleasantly if not terribly memorably.I'm afraid this one is for Dvorák completists only, or people who want a large repository of background piano music of this sort. The playing is good, the recorded sound is also clear and rich. It appears that this is a reissue of a set that originally came out on Supraphon a few years ago. Pianist Stefan Veselka, by the way, is a Norwegian, native of Stavanger, but is the son of Czech parents. He wrote introductory notes for each of the five CDs' booklets and clearly knows and loves this music well. TT=ca. 5 hoursScott Morrison"