Smetana Trio
The Smetana Trio is a Czech piano trio . It is named after the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana . Founded in 1934, it was under the artistic direction of its pianist Josef Páleníček until 1978 . After the Second World War it was renamed the Czech Trio . Since 1978 it has been called the Smetana Trio again . Since 2003 it has been playing in the line-up of Jitka Čechová , piano, Hana Kotková , violin and Jan Páleníček (the son of Josef Páleníček), cello.
Discography (selection)
- Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio op. 50; Dvořák: Piano Trio N. 2; 2008
- Piano Trios: Dvořák, Fibich; Martinů, Supraphon , 2007
- Dvořák, A. Piano Trios No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65, No. 4 "Dumky" in E minor, Op. 90, Supraphon, 2006 (BBC Music Magazin Award)
- Smetana, B./Suk, J./Novak, V. Trio in G minor, Trio in C minor, Elegy, Trio "una ballata", Supraphon, 2005
Web links
- The Smetana Trio at supraphon.com
- Great tradition : criticism from Dr. Thomas Vitzthum from April 20, 2006 on klassic.com for the CD Smetana, Bedrich: Piano trio in G minor
- Review by Andrew Clements of May 27, 2005 on guardian.co.uk of the Smetana CD : G minor Piano Trio; Suk: C minor piano trio; Elegy; Novak: Trio Quasi una Balata
- Review by Tim Ashley on October 12, 2007 on guardian.co.uk of the CD Dvořák / Fibich / Martinů: Piano Trios
Individual evidence
- ↑ BBC Music Magazin Awards 2007 ( Memento of the original from November 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
