Josef Suk – Many Pupils Of Antonin Dvorak

A look at the great talent of Dvorak’s pupils in an original selection of famousand less famous worksThe present compilation – a sequel to the 3CD set The Many Loves of AntoninDvorak – is intended as a timely reminder of the wealth and sheer diversityof talented Czech composers who emerged from Dvorak’s masterclass atthe Prague Conservatoire during the 1890s and early 1900s. Dvorak,approaching fifty and at the height of his fame, had been persuadedto devote some of his time to teaching at the Conservatoire, thereby creatinga lasting legacy, an influential “Dvorak School” of composers, several of whomwent on to teach at the Conservatoire themselves, passing on the traditionto future generations. Naturally, the most room is given to Josef Suk,the pupil of Dvorak who left the most original legacy of compositions.A separate CD is devoted to Dvorak’s lesser-known pupils: the talentedmelodist Oskar Nedbal won fame for his operettas, and Julius Fucik isceleb