Martinu: Chamber Music / Lencsés, Stamitz Quartet, et al

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Album Summary

Performers

• Valerie Hartmann-Claverie (Ondes Martenot)
• Vladimir Leixner (Cello)
• Jan Peruska (Viola)
• Josef Kekula (Violin)
• Bohuslav Matousek (Violin)
• Lajos Lencsés (Oboe)

Ensemble

• Stamitz String Quartet

Composer

• Bohuslav Martinu (1890 - 1959)

Notes & Reviews:

"One of the best pieces of chamber music for [the theremin] is surely Bohuslav Martinu's Phantasie for Theremin, oboe, string quartet and piano... Martinu's Phantasie expertly integrates the instrument into a classical ensemble by using the plangent tone of the oboe as the glue to hold the work together. In this amazingly soulful performance of Theremin player Valerie Hartmann-Claverie with the Stamitz-Quartett, oboist Lajos Lencses and pianist Helena Sucharova, the Phantasie sounds at once unearthly and wholly human, with Martinu's long-limbed melodies, graceful harmonies and flowing rhythms wonderfully blending the electronic and the acoustic. Appropriately coupled with lovely performances by the same players of Martinu's Mazurka-Nocturno for oboe, two violins and cello, his Quartet for oboe, violin, cello and piano, plus his Duets for violin and viola and violin and cello, this disc will appeal to listeners who love Martinu's music as well as listeners looking for proof that the Theremin was more than a woo-woo machine." -All Music

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Martinu, Bohuslav : Fantasie for Theremin, Oboe, Piano and Strings

• Performers: Valerie Hartmann-Claverie (Ondes Martenot); Lajos Lencsés (Oboe); Vladimir Leixner (Cello); Jan Peruska (Viola); Josef Kekula (Violin); Bohuslav Matousek (Violin)
• Ensemble: Stamitz String Quartet
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1944
• Studio/Live: Studio

Martinu, Bohuslav : Quartet for Oboe, Violin, Cello and Piano

• Performers: Lajos Lencsés (Oboe); Vladimir Leixner (Cello)
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Chamber Music
• Written: 1947
• Studio/Live: Studio

Martinu, Bohuslav : Duo for Violin and Viola no 2, H 331

• Performer: Jan Peruska (Viola)
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1950
• Studio/Live: Studio

Martinu, Bohuslav : Duo for Violin and Cello no 1, H 157

• Performer: Vladimir Leixner (Cello)
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1927
• Studio/Live: Studio

Martinu, Bohuslav : Duo for Violin and Cello no 2, H 371

• Performer: Vladimir Leixner (Cello)
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1958
• Studio/Live: Studio