IDAGIO | Kodály: Duo for Violin and Violoncello, Op. 7 - Dvořák: Piano Trio, Op. 90 "Dumky" 3760014197376

Featuring

Barnabás Kelemen
Nicolas Altstaedt
Alexander Lonquich
Zoltán Kodály
Antonín Dvořák

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Recording & Production

This album was recorded in July 2020 at Pfarrkirche Lockenhaus, Austria, a location associated with the Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival.

Cultural Impact

Kodály's new musical style, based on Hungarian folk music, significantly influenced the young Béla Bartók and other notable composers like Sándor Veress and Oscar-winning Hollywood composer Miklós Rózsa.

Performer Biography

Nicolas Altstaedt, the cellist on this recording, is the artistic director of the Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival, taking over from Gidon Kremer in 2011.

Instruments

Dvořák grew up with the zither, as his father was a zither player, and he expressed a desire to keep his father's zithers as a memento.

Composition History

Dvořák's Piano Trio No. 4, Op. 90, known as the 'Dumky' Trio, was composed in the same year as Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio Op. 50, which uniquely shaped the piano trio as a requiem.

Historical Context

The 'Dumky' Trio is dedicated 'À la mémoire des grands artistes' as a requiem for the Kobzar tradition, which ended in 1939 with the liquidation of its artists by Josef Stalin.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Zoltán Kodály's Duo for Violin and Violoncello, Op. 7, incorporates folk elements in its melodies and motifs, reflecting his collection of Hungarian folk music in the early 20th century.