DVORAK: THEME & VARIATIONS; POETIC TONE PICTURES - KVAPIL

 Dvořák Theme & Variations; Poetic Tone Poems

Radoslav Kvapil
piano

“Kvapil plays with great understanding. He cherishes these curious, reflective tonal sideslips, but also charges vigorously into the more energetic variations. His ability to characterize swiftly and surely is very necessary, as it is in a different manner in the Poetic Tone Pictures…he is deft and sensitive with them, and the recording is no less sensitive to the varying textural demands of such pieces”

Tema Con Variazione (Op.36) [B.65]
[1] Tema, tempo di minuetto 15.15
(Variations I to VIII)

Poetické Nálady (Poetic Tone Pictures) (Op.85) [ B.161]
[2] No.I Noční cestou (On the Road at Night) 5:31
[3] No.2 žertem (Toying) 4:17
[4] No.3 Na starém hradě (At the Old Castle) 4:06
[5] No.4 Jarní (Spring Song) 3.57
[6] No.5 Selská balada (Peasant’s Ballad) 3:40
[7] No.6 Vzpomínání (Reverie) 4:03
[8] No.7 Furiant 2:53
[9] No.8 Rej skřítků (Goblin’s Dance) 3:12
[10] No.9 Serenáda (Serenade) 4:25
[11] No.10 Bakchanale (Bacchanale) 4:27
[12] No.11 Na táčkách (Tittle-tattle) 4:01
[13] No.12 U mohyly (At a Hero’s Grave) 5:10
[14] No.13 Na svaté hoře (At Svatá Hora) 2:44