Bohemian Tales

Augustin Hadelich (violin), Charles Owen (piano), Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Jakub Hrusa

Mr Hadelich increasingly seems to be one of the outstanding violinists of his generation,” wrote the New York Times after Augustin Hadelich played Dvorák’s Violin Concerto under Czech-born Jakub Hruša’s baton in 2017. Hadelich and Hruša have now recorded the concerto with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks . Bohemian Tales pairs the concerto with works for violin and piano by Dvorák and two other major Czech composers of the late 19th/early 20th centuries, Leos Janácek and Josef Suk. The pianist is Charles Owen.

Dvorák:
 Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53
 Humoresque in G flat major, Op. 101 No. 7
 Romantic piece, Op. 75, No. 4
 Songs My Mother Taught Me, Op. 55 No. 4

Janácek:
 Violin Sonata

Suk:
 Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 17

"How warmly his dolce playing seems to smile… Note, too, the way Hadelich suggests a wiry-sounding folk fiddle in the finale’s D minor interlude… Jakub Hruša has the Bavarian RSO playing with vigour and a comparable sense of care…Hadelich and his longtime recital partner Charles Owen transform the last of Dvorák’s Four Romantic Pieces, Op 75, into an aching, darkly passionate miniature tone-painting… A superb disc on all counts."
Gramophone Magazine - August 2020

"Onder de titel Bohemian Tales brengt violist Augustin Hadelich op treffende wijze het werk van Dvorák, Janácek en Suk onder één noemer. Centraal staat het immer ontroerende Vioolconcert van Dvorák, maar het hoogtepunt is misschien wel Hadelichs vertolking van Janáceks Vioolsonate. Krachtig, lyrisch, volks waar gewenst en verheven waar nodig. Indrukwekkend. "
Klassieke Zaken Magazine 4-2020