Apart from the later piano trios, string quartets and the ‘American’ quintet, Dvořák’s chamber music turns up more rarely on disc than it should. Admittedly there isn’t a vast amount, but what there is, as you might expect, is charming, tuneful and deftly crafted.

This double album, comprising the complete music for violin and piano, is a perfect example, played with beguiling authority by Jiří Vodička, concertmaster of the Czech Philharmonic, and David Mareček, a well-respected Czech pianist.

The most substantial work here is the Violin Sonata, written in 1880 at the same time as the composer was working on the violin concerto and premiered, like its more substantial cousin, by the great Joseph Joachim. It’s Brahmsian in mood with a sunny opening Allegro, a warm, singing central movement and a lively, dancing finale. Vodička’s reading is thoroughly idiomatic, brought to life with strong, silvery tone, a gorgeous upper register and pinpoint intonation. It’s very much a partnership, too, with Mareček’s adroit pianism sensitively supporting the showier violin line. Recorded in the welcoming acoustic of Prague’s Rudolfinum, it’s presented in natural...