Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra - Concerto for Violin & Piano Violin Sonata No. 3 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]
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Bohuslav Martinu was a violinist himself; yet the piano colour in many of his symphonic scores is his actual signature. The two instruments are assigned solo roles in the Concerto for Violin; Piano and Orchestra (1953); commissioned by Benno and Sylvia Rabinof; who duly premiered it in May 1954. Written concurrently with Symphony No. 6 (Fantaisies symphoniques); the remarkable work is hardly ever performed nowadays. Different is the case of Violin Sonata No. 3 (1944); created in the USA too; which has long been a staple of violinists' repertoires worldwide. Amid the atmosphere of the imminent end of WWII and feeling homesick; Martinu conceived a monument whose duration is that of a symphony; a work teeming with contrastive drama and lyricism; and featuring a Dvorák-like nostalgia; evoking his Czech roots. In comparison with the two InchAmericanInch works; the Cinq pièces brèves (1930); dating from Martinu's Paris period; contain far rougher harmonies and piquancy; attesting to a penchant for the Charleston; as well as a propensity to the contrapuntal style. On their album; the globally renowned artists Josef Špacek and Miroslav Sekera present Martinu as an astute creator of chamber music and concertos; a composer both international and Czech; widely known and still being discovered alike. Martinu's music for violin and piano - a universe of intriguing contrasts
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- GenreClassicalDescriptionBohuslav Martinu was a violinist himself; yet the piano colour in many of his symphonic scores is his actual signature. The two instruments are assigned solo roles in the Concerto for Violin; Piano and Orchestra (1953); commissioned by Benno and Sylvia Rabinof; who duly premiered it in May 1954. Written concurrently with Symphony No. 6 (Fantaisies symphoniques); the remarkable work is hardly ever performed nowadays. Different is the case of Violin Sonata No. 3 (1944); created in the USA too; which has long been a staple of violinists' repertoires worldwide. Amid the atmosphere of the imminent end of WWII and feeling homesick; Martinu conceived a monument whose duration is that of a symphony; a work teeming with contrastive drama and lyricism; and featuring a Dvorák-like nostalgia; evoking his Czech roots. In comparison with the two InchAmericanInch works; the Cinq pièces brèves (1930); dating from Martinu's Paris period; contain far rougher harmonies and piquancy; attesting to a penchant for the Charleston; as well as a propensity to the contrapuntal style. On their album; the globally renowned artists Josef Špacek and Miroslav Sekera present Martinu as an astute creator of chamber music and concertos; a composer both international and Czech; widely known and still being discovered alike. Martinu's music for violin and piano - a universe of intriguing contrastsArtistPrague Radio Symphony OrchestraTitleConcerto for Violin & Piano Violin Sonata No. 3FormatCDLabelSupraphon
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Josef Spacek and Petr Popelka once again in the story of Martinu's musicand life! InchI'll also be writing a violin concerto for an American, the same personStravinsky wrote one for; that will be good advertising for me, but also a lotof work.Inch For Bohuslav Martinu, the violin was the instrument especially closeto his heart, but it was also companion. He played in the Czech Philharmonicas a violinist, and it was the violin that took him to Paris, the city whichenchanted him and become his home for 17 years before the war drovehim to America. More than once, the violin was his introduction to the InchhighsocietyInch of the music world. The American from the quoted letter wasthe star violinist Samuel Dushkin. The violinist praised the work and Martinu(InchHe really is a nice fellow. [...] he has a very exceptional sense for the violinInch),but he constantly demanded more and more changes to the concerto,and in the end the performance did not take place. The score was lost,then it was rediscovered and finally premiered in 1973 by Josef Suk withthe Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Georg Solti. At the time whenMartinu's First Violin Concerto was being written, it was the same AmericanDushkin who was collaborating with Igor Stravinsky on a different work basedon music from the neoclassical ballet The Fairy's Kiss; together, they werecreating a lovely suite titled Divertimento for violin and piano. In 1943, it wasMischa Elman, another star violinist, who commissioned Martinu's SecondViolin Concerto. Elman also gave the concerto it's world premiere withthe Boston Symphony Orchestra and Serge Koussevitzky. With a new lookat Martinu's violin concertos, Josef Spacek and Petr Popelka are followingup on their acclaimed album with Martinu's Concerto for violin, piano, andorchestra (Supraphon 2023). Once again, they prove that there is alwayssomething to discover and to admire in t
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