- Suk Trio
The Suk Trio is a Czech
piano trio founded in 1951. The original members were Josef Suk,Julius Katchen , andJanos Starker .Fact|date=July 2008They made their debut on March 5 at the
Rudolfinum Hall inPrague with Josef Suk (violin), Jiří Hubička (piano) and Alexandr Večtomov (cello). The permanent member of the ensemble was Josef Suk, the grandson of the composer and name sake of the ensemble.The pianist that played the longest with the group was
Jan Panenka , and the principal cellist wasJosef Chuchro .In 1958 they recorded "Dumky" by
Antonín Dvořák for German labelDeutsche Grammophon , the first stereophonic recording in the history of the label.cite album-notes |title=Beethoven: Piano Trios Nos 3, 5, 7, Schubert: Piano Trio No. 1 |albumlink= |bandname=Suk Trio |year=2008 |notestitle=Suk Trio |url= |first=Jindřich|last=Bálek |authorlink= |coauthors=(transl. Hilda Hearne) |pages=p. 26 |format=CD |publisher=Supraphon |publisherid=SU 3959-2 |location=Prague |mbid= ] The trio performed most of the great piano trios, touring abroad and recording extensively. It received many awards, including theGrand Prix du Disque . Among their notable recordings is one of the Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 which has recently been re-released on CD bySupraphon . ["Liner notes for Supraphon recording of Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 1"]The trio performed in Africa, Europe, Japan, USA, Australia etc.cite album-notes |title=Beethoven: Piano Trios Nos 3, 5, 7, Schubert: Piano Trio No. 1 |albumlink= |bandname=Suk Trio |year=2008 |notestitle=Suk Trio |url= |first=Jindřich|last=Bálek |authorlink= |coauthors=(transl. Hilda Hearne) |pages=p. 26 |format=CD |publisher=
Supraphon |publisherid=SU 3959-2 |location=Prague |mbid= ]One of the last concertos took place on 20 May 1990 in Prague, the programme comprised also the composition of
Rafael Kubelík (soon after his comeback from exile). The performance occurred in the legendary line-up Suk-Panenka-Chuchro. [cite album-notes |title=Beethoven: Piano Trios Nos 3, 5, 7, Schubert: Piano Trio No. 1 |albumlink= |bandname=Suk Trio |year=2008 |notestitle=Suk Trio |url= |first=Jindřich|last=Bálek |authorlink= |coauthors=(transl. Hilda Hearne) |pages=p. 27 |format=CD |publisher=Supraphon |publisherid=SU 3959-2 |location=Prague |mbid= ]References
External links
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=41:102228 Biography of Josef Suk]
Selected recordings
*Beethoven, Schubert - Piano Trios CD. Supraphon, Prague. SU 3959-2
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