Dvořák: Suite in A Major; Suk: Serenade in E flat Major for Strings, Fantastic Scherzo
Prague Philharmonia, Jakub Hrůša
Young conductor Jakub Hrůša, an artist who records exclusively for Supraphon, follows up his debut CD of Dvořák pieces with a new studio recording of Dvořák’s Suite in A major and JosefSuk’s Scherzo Fantastique and Serenade in E flat major. Hrůša brings out all the best qualities of the young Prague Philharmonia and also pours the whole of his own immense talent into Dvořák and Suk’s music. Dvořák’s lyrical Suite in A major, Suk’s festively majestic Scherzo, and finally the stirring Serenade in E flat major are further rungs in Jakub Hrůša’srapidly climbing artistic career. This extraordinarily gifted young conductor continues to surprise audiences at home and abroad with the artistic maturity of his performance.
Martinů: Cello Concerto No. 1, H.196
I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante moderato
III. Allegro
Foerster, J: Cello Concerto, Op. 143
I. Andante sostenuto a funeste
II. Moderato
III. Allegro ma non troppo
Novák, J: Capriccio for Cello and Small Orchestra
I. Allegro molto
II. Circulus incantatus. Andante
III. Allegro