The Gould Piano Trio present their second album to be released on the Champs Hill label. This album offers the complete piano trios of Antonín Dvorák and the release is timed to conincide with a series of concerts at the Wigmore hall in which they will be performing the four trios of Dvorák together with other Czech masterpieces.

In the 2011-12 season the Gould Piano Trio will celebrate its’ 20th Anniversary; an ensemble with an enviable reputation for musical integrity and imagination.

The Gould Piano Trio’s first album released on Champs Hill Records, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov Piano Trios, was met with critical acclaim: "...these perforances are polished, nicely blended, and heartfelt. It would be difficult to imagine more robust, sensitive and responsive playing of the Late-Romantic works" - Music Web International

First-born son of an Inn Keeper in a rural Czech village, Dvorá recieved his first violin lessions from his father. and by the age of five was able to entertain visitors at the inn with his fiddle playing. One can imagine how entertaining both guests and villagers would have encouraged Dvorák to develop his improvisatory skills and distinctive melodic invention.

Given his aptitude as a practical musician, it was natural the Dvorák should have composed chamber music throughout his career and on this album the Gould Piano Trio perform all four of his Piano Trios.