Dvorak: Piano Trios 3 & 4 Dumky

'This is a wonderful disc. Another jewel in the heavily-studded Hyperion crown. A richly rewarding treat' (Classic CD)

'Musicianly and refined performances that will give much pleasure' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

'Sunny music-making' (Hi Fi News)

'An enchanting disc' (Gramophone)
Gramophone Editor's Choice

This CD introduces to disc the newly formed Florestan Trio comprising Susan Tomes, ANTHONY MARWOOD and Richard Lester, all now-familiar and highly respected artists after their many earlier recordings, both as members of other ensembles and as soloists. Miss Tomes and Mr Lester were, of course, members of the now-disbanded piano quartet Domus (which was joined by Mr Marwood in its last, award-winning recording of the two Fauré Piano Quintets on CDA66766).
The Florestan Trio takes its name from Schumann's name for himself in positive and carefree mood. (His name for his introspective self was Eusebius.)
The music is among Dvorák's most celebrated - his two most popular, but very different, piano trios. The dark and disturbing F minor is followed by the folk-inflected 'Dumky' of unconventional form and sunny disposition (a sequence of alternating slow-fast-slow-fast sections).