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0:00 – 1. Lento maestoso in E minor 4:31 – 2. Poco adagio in C-sharp minor 12:04 – 3. Andante in A major 18:34 – 4. Andante moderato in D minor 24:39 – 5. Allegro in E-flat major 28:42 – 6. Lento maestoso in C minor Dvorak began working on his sixth piano trio (today the fourth in existence), with its subtitle “Dumky” (“Dumkas”), immediately after completing his Requiem, in November 1890. It took him less than three months to complete, and this including an extended break from his endeavours. As he progressed Dvorak informed his friend Gobl that he was working on a new composition which he characterised as “a little piece for violin, cello and piano. It will be both happy and sad. In some places it will be like a melancholic song, elsewhere like a merry dance; but, all told, the style will be lighter or, if I might put it another way, more popular, in short, so that it will appeal to both higher and lower echelons.” The mention of this deliberate “lightness” of style might explain why t
