Ivo Kahánek’s complete recording of Antonín Dvořák’s piano works will be released by Supraphon on 24 September 2021 for global distribution. The cover of the 4-CD set features a photograph of the composer’s inkpot and the historical quill with which he wrote down music.
The present 4-CD set encompasses larger cycles and occasional pieces, as well as several little-known works, recorded for the very first time. The album of Dvořák’ piano works provides yet another precious insight into the abundant world of the composer’s soul.
Ivo Kahánek recalled the creation of the new recording as follows: “Preparations actually began back in the autumn of 2020, when I gave a concert featuring Dvořák’s music at Dvořák Prague and was the patron of the marathon of Dvořák’s pieces for solo piano within the self-same international festival. Yet I would only learn most of the repertoire in the spring of 2021, directly for the purpose of this recording. The most difficult thing to cope with was the time pressure, since due to the availability of the hall and the team we had to record five hours of music within a mere three months. The most gratifying aspect was discovering some little-known gems among Dvořák’s numerous piano works and having the opportunity to view the better-known pieces in a new way.”
The album was made with the generous support of the Karel Komárek Family Foundation, the Classical Music Academy, the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and the Faculty of Music of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.
MULTILINK: https://lnk.to/KahanekDvorakKompletniKlavirniDilo
TEASER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98ehiB6_p8w
Hi-res photos download: http://media.supraphon.cz/-/ivo-kahanek-dvorakovo-klavirni-dilo/
