The music of Josef Suk

[Barbirollians]

I was amazed when listening to the Czech PO/Belohlavek recording on Chandos tonight to read in the booklet that Suk was only 18 when he wrote the Serenade for Strings as an exercise for Dvorak in writing music in a major key . What a lovely piece it is and dare I say it I think I prefer it to Dvorak's own.