Browse: Martinů (composer), Violin Concertos

Zimmermann has fully absorbed the slightly eclectic style of [the First Concerto] and produces a performance of conviction, not to mention dazzling virtuosity. Hrůša accompanies with understanding... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

With Jakub Hrůša and his super-attentive Bamberg orchestra, Frank Peter Zimmermann trumps the self-confident projection of his younger self...Stravinsky’s framing movements seem defter now, particularly... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2024 More…

The rediscovery of gifted Hungarian Martzy (1924-79) continues apace with this selection of live broadcasts and concerts including sparkling Mozart and a stunning Bartok Rhapsody. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The performance of the second version is exemplary, as is that of the two-movement Rhapsody Concerto where Matoušek, exchanging violin for viola, luxuriates in the radiant lyricism of Martinu's... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Hogwood developed a passion for Martinů’s music while a student in Prague in the 1960s, as is evident at every stage in this wide-ranging collection. He seems most at home in the earlier, baroque-inflected... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The stand-out work is Beethoven’s twelve variations on Papageno’s aria Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen from Mozart’s The Magic Flute...this charming masterwork is beautifully done. Várdai and Delahunt... — MusicWeb International, 23rd January 2014 More…

In these beautifully recorded performances, both Christopher Hogwood and Bohuslav Matoušek have a profound understanding of Martinu's style and the Czech Philharmonic response with radiant playing… — BBC Music Magazine, September 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…