The Many Pupils of Antonin Dvorak

This compilation - a follow-up to the 3-CD set "The Many Loves of Antonín Dvořák" (jpc 10716656) - is a reminder of the richness and pure diversity of talented Czech composers who emerged from Dvořák's masterclass at the Prague Conservatory in the 1890s and early 1900s. Dvořák, who was approaching fifty and at the height of his fame, was persuaded to devote part of his time to teaching at the Conservatory and thus created a lasting legacy, an influential "Dvořák school" of composers, a number of whom later taught at the Conservatory themselves and passed on the tradition to future generations. Josef Suk, Dvořák's student who left the most original compositional legacy, naturally takes up the greatest space. English music journalist Patrick Lambert, an eminent expert in Czech music with profound knowledge of the Supraphon catalogue, selected the music for the CD box and wrote the informative text in the booklet.