Rooted

Featuring

Anna Williams
Mikhail Veselov
Eri Nakamura
Neave Trio
Bedřich Smetana
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Josef Suk
Frank Martin

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Composer Biography

Josef Suk, a Czech composer, was a favorite pupil of Antonín Dvořák and later married Dvořák's daughter, Otilka.

Critical Reception

Smetana's Piano Trio in G minor, inspired by Liszt, perplexed its first critics due to its radical content and emotional power, going beyond the appreciation of Prague audiences in the 1850s.

Composition History

Josef Suk's Petit Trio was revised under the tutelage of Karl Stecker, to whom it was dedicated, and later underwent further changes during studies with Dvořák.

Cultural Impact

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's cantata Hiawatha's Wedding Feast, based on words by Longfellow, achieved immense success, making him a national and international figure, especially in the United States.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, a British composer of Sierra Leonean and English heritage, showed a marked musical interest in his African heritage, arranging Twenty-four Negro Melodies for piano.

Performer Biography

The GRAMMY®-nominated Neave Trio has been praised by critics for its 'generous and warm-hearted, utterly beguiling playing' and 'excellent performances', performing across the US, UK, Europe, Japan, and Russia.

Composition History

Bedřich Smetana's Piano Trio in G minor was composed in a matter of weeks, prompted by the death of his four-year-old daughter, Bedřiška, from scarlet fever.