Antonín Dvořák: Complete work for violin and piano (Jiří Vodička / David Mareček)
At the end of the summer holidays of 2024, it was released under the auspices of Suprahon DoubleCD with a complete work of Antonín Dvořák for violin and piano. The album has been achieved not only in domestic but also with foreign critics.
Antonín Dvořák is one of the most important domestic personalities, in the world he is the most played Czech composer. The idea of recording his complete work for the violin and piano came from the CEO of the Czech Philharmonic and the now renowned pianist David Mareček.
"Our set is unique in the world, the double album contains really all Dvořák's chamber works for violin and piano. In all previous recording projects, there was always some of the set," says Jiří Vodička. The recording of the CD took place in the autumn of 2023, preceded by a series of concert designs, in which both musicians enjoyed not only live contact with the audience, but also had the opportunity to have the songs interpreted. Interest in this project lasts, both gentlemen are waiting for performances at the Prague Spring 2026 or at the Slovak festival of the Bratislava Festival.
On the CD you will find all ten songs that Dvořák composed for this combination of tools. "In each of the filmed works, Dvořák created another music world," writes Jan Kachlík in the accompanying word at the double album. "He did not repeat himself, he has always taken a new way," he continues. According to him, the diversity of compositions within a single musical species, namely compositions for violin and piano, is astonishing, but characteristic of Dvořák. Jan Kachlík is rightly convinced that we would hardly find a composer at the same time who did something similar.
The common album of violinist Jiří Vodička and pianist David Mareček also attracted the world's leading music magazines. It has been selected by the editor's Choice of the prestigious British magazine The Gramophone, one of the most respected periodicals focused on classical music. In addition, the album received the prestigious French award Choc de Classica, which is awarded every month with exceptional musical achievements, as well as a full number of five "diapasons", gold tunes, from the magazine of the Diapason. He writes that Jiří Vodička has a sense of rhythm and a rich tone typical of the Czech violin school. Other trumps of this recording are, according to Diapason, "great acoustics of Rudolfinum" and "clear sound of Steinway in the hands of David Mareček". Also, domestic criticism does not spare by praise, recognized journalist Milan Bator included the recording in the selection of the album Week, where he mentioned, among other things, that for him personally it is the album of the year in classical music.
