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Martinů: Double Concertos for Violin and Piano
Momo & Mari Kodama (piano), Sarah & Deborah Nemtanu (violin), Magali Demesse (viola), Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille, Lawrence Foster
The biggest challenge here is the Concerto for Two Pianos…the Kodama sisters’ approach with Lawrence Foster and the very fine Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra (who knew?) is less mellow, more... — More…
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Belohlavek and the orchestra are superb in the first three symphonies. He captures Martinu's shimmering, luminous orchestral textures and invests the pervasive 'sprung' rhythms of the faster... — More…
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Magdalena Kožená - Songs My Mother Taught Me
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Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Michael Freimuth (lute and guitar) & Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Beautifully recorded and accompanied, this is not just a showpiece for an exceptional voice, but a fascinating conspectus of Czech song, with a Moravian twist. — More…
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Maxim Rysanov plays Martinu
Maxim Rysanov (viola), Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin), Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin, Katya Apekisheva (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek
Rysanov, the tone of his 1780 Guadagnini viola a miraculous combination of dark vigour with the translucency of a viola d'amore, has the most idiomatic partner in Jiri Belohlavek conducting the... — More…
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Honegger: Sonatina for Violin and Cello, H 80, etc.
Frank-Peter Zimmermann (violin) & Heinrich Schiff (cello)
The Honegger Sonatine… is despatched with splendid brio, and the off-the-wall recitatives in the last movement are hilarious. …they play the Ravel as a big work, with fierce accents and wide... — More…
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Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Martinu: Memorial to Lidice & Klein: Partita
Philadelphia Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach
Eschenbach opens with Martinů's Memorial to Lidice… this performance serves to intensify an overriding feeling of despair, the Philadelphians responding with a chilling incisiveness particularly... — More…
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The Secret Mass
Choral Works by Frank Martin and Bohuslav Martinu
Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Marcus Creed
In both works, the Danish National Vocal Ensemble, directed by Marcus Creed, produces an excellently-integrated sound, although they might have been bolder in defining climatic phrases in the... — More…
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Bezaly & Brautigam: Masterworks for Flute and Piano
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Sharon Bezaly (flute) & Ronald Brautigam (piano)
Sharon Bezaly is rarely less than impressive. Her well-constructed programmes are performed with a mixture of virtuosity and rich tone, making her name almost a guarantee of quality. Partnered... — More…
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Offer, Martinu: Symphony No. 1 & Double Concerto
Jaroslav Saroun (piano), Václav Mazacek (timpani)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jirí Belohlavek
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