Martinu, Bohuslav

The Heifetz Piatigorsky Concerts [2012] (21 CDs)

21 CD / RCA Records / 2013-05-07

Works: Maurice Ravel: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in A minor; Felix Mendelssohn: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in D minor, Op. 49; Octet for strings in E flat major, Op. 20; Trio for Piano and String...
Performers: Amoyal, Pierre; Baker, Israel; Belnick, Arnold; Hamilton, Malcolm; Harshman, Allan; Heifetz, Jascha; Lateiner, Jacob; Lesser, Laurence; Majewski, Virginia; Pasquale, Joseph de; Pennario, Leonard; Pia...
Conductors: Wallenstein, Alfred

The renowned artists, violinist Jascha Heifetz and cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, joined forces in 1949 at Chicago's Ravinia Festival. Twelve years later, and now good friends,...continue...

Bohuslav Martinu: Early Orchestral Works - Nocturne; Village Feast; Little Dance Suite; Movement for Orchestra, H90 et al.

1 CD / Toccata / 2013-04-30

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Prelude in the Form of a Scherzo, for orchestra (after Prelude for piano, H. 181/2), H. 181a; Composition for large orchestra, H. 90 (incomplete); Posvícení (Church Festiv...
Performers: Haufa, Jakub; Krzyzanowski, Andrzej; Paciorkiewicz, Artur
Conductors: Hobson, Ian [Piano]
Ensemble: ; Sinfonia Varsovia

Martinu's mature orchestral works are now a mainstay in classical repertoire. But, the orchestral music he wrote between his late teens and early thirties is...continue...
Recording information: Witold Lutoslawski Concert Hall, Polish Radio, Warsaw (12/19/2012-12/21/2012)....continue...

Exiles' Café - works by Bartok, Bowles, Sahl, Milhaud, Rachmaninov, Chopin, Fairouz / Lara Downes, piano

1 CD / Steinway & Sons / 2013-02-26

Works: Béla Bartók: Hungarian folksongs (3) from the Csik district, Sz 35a; Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka for piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 6/1, CT. 51; Mazurka for piano no 49 in F minor,...
Performers: Downes, Lara [Piano]

This music comes from the Exiles' Café, a place both real and metaphorical where the travelers of the world gather to find a home away...continue...
Recording information: Sono Luminus, Boyce, Virginia (09/12/2012-09/14/2012)....continue...

Martinu: Complete Piano Trios, nos 1-3 / Arbor Piano Trio

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-12-11

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 ("Cinq pièces brèves"), H. 193; Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in D minor, H. 327; Bergerettes (5) for piano trio, H. 275; Trio for Piano ...
Performers: Arbor Piano Trio
Conductors:
Ensemble: Arbor Piano Trio

Notable for their rhythmic verve and unpredictability, ingratiating melodies and elegiac slow movements, these four works form a substantial contribution to the piano trio repertoire...continue...
Recording information: Cesky rozhlas Plzen, Czech Republic (08/30/2010-09/03/2010)....continue...

Martinu: Field Mass, Double Concerto, etc / Mackerras, et al

1 CD / Supraphon / 2012-08-01

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Field Mass; Double Concerto for 2 String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani; Frescoes of Piero della Francesca for Orchestra
Performers: Bouse, Jan; Ruzicka, Josef; Zitek, Vaclav
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague Philharmonic Chorus; Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Martinu: Violin Concertos, Rhapsody / Suk, Neumann, Czech PO

1 CD / Supraphon / 2012-08-01

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Concerto for Violin no 1, H 226; Concerto for Violin no 2, H 293; Rhapsodie for Viola and Orchestra
Performers: Suk, Josef
Conductors: Neumann, Václav
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

The Israeli Chamber Project, Opus 1 - Saint-Saens, Martinu, Debussy and Bartok

1 CD / Azica / 2012-07-31

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Fantasie for Violin and Harp, Op. 124; Bohuslav Martinu: Musique de Chambre no 1 for clarinet, violin, viola, cello, harp & piano, H. 376; Matan Porat: Night Horses, for cla...
Performers: Cziger, Tibi; Korman, Michael; Magen, Sivan; Weisman, Assaff; Zorman, Itamar
Conductors:
Ensemble: Israeli Chamber Project

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
...This is great music, and it is performed note-perfect. On the front cover of the CD booklet...continue...
Recording information: Lefrak Concert Hall, Queens College, New York; The Reci (2011-01-18_2011-01-19&2011-)....continue...

Historic Russian Archives: David Oistrakh - Chamber Music Edition

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano in D major, K 306 (300l); Variations (12) on "La bergère Célimene," for violin & piano in G major, K. 359 (K. 374a); Sergey Rachmani...
Performers: Badura-Skoda, Paul; Bauer, Frida; Goldenweiser, Alexander [Composer]; Knushevitsky, Svyatoslav; Kollegorskaya, Inna; Makarov, Abram; Oborin, Lev; Oistrakh, David; Oistrakh, Igor [Violin]; Richter, Sv...

The reissue of this unique collection of chamber music masterpieces, ranging from Baroque to 20-century, played by the legendary David Oistrakh, with his luminous, sonorous

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Czech Flute Music: Sonatas for flute & pinao by Schulhoff; Feld, Martinu and Dvorák / Jeffrey Khaner: flute; Charles Abramovic: piano

1 CD / Avie Records / 2012-07-10

Works: Erwin Schulhoff: Sonata for Flute and Piano; Jindrich Feld: Sonata for flute & piano; Bohuslav Martinu: Sonata for Flute and Piano; Antonin Dvorák: Sonatina for Violin and Piano in G major, Op. ...
Performers: Abramovic, Charles; Khaner, Jeffrey

Jeffrey Khaner, Principal Flute of the Philadelphia Orchestra since 1990, is one of the most highly regarded flute soloists in the world. With a half-dozen...continue...
Recording information: Curtis Hall, The Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphi (06/08/1999-06/11/1999)....continue...

Martinu: La Revue de Cuisine, complete ballet music; Harpsichord Concerto; Les rondes et al. / Robert Hill, harpsichord

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-06-26

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Harpsichord Concerto, H. 246; Musique de Chambre no 1 for clarinet, violin, viola, cello, harp & piano, H. 376; Les Rondes, for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, 2 violins & piano, ...
Performers: Hill, Robert [Harpsichord, Piano]; Simon, Klaus
Conductors: Simon, Klaus
Ensemble: ; Holst Sinfonietta

Ranging from 1927 to 1959, the year of Martinu's death, these four works reveal his unceasing versatility in chamber repertoire. La revue de cuisine, heard...continue...
Recording information: SWR Studio, Freiburg, Germany (10/25/2009-10/26/2009)....continue...

Roccoco Cello Variations - Beethoven; Gemrot; Martinu / Jeremy Findlay, cello; Per Rundberg, piano

1 Super Audio CD / RCO Live / 2012-06-12

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations (7) for Cello and Piano on Mozart's "Bei Männern", WoO 46; Variations (12) for Cello and Piano in F major on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen", Op. 66; Jiri Gemro...
Performers: Findlay, Jeremy [Cello]; Rundberg, Per

This hybrid multichannel SACD from Praga features a collection of 'Rococo' variations for cello and piano. In works that span several centuries, cellist Jeremy Findlay...continue...
Recording information: Prague, St. Vavrinec Church....continue...

Great Czech Conductors: Martin Turnovsky - Works by Martinu, Ibert, Hindemith, Myslivecek, Bizet

2 CD / Supraphon / 2012-06-02

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Symphony no 4; Concertino for cello, wind & brass ensemble, percussion & piano in C minor, H. 143; Ricercari (3) for orchestra, H. 267; Jacques Ibert: Concerto for cello & 10 wind i...
Performers: Cerny, Ladislav; Hurnik, Ilja; Jásek, Ladislav; Navarra, André; Stepan, Pavel
Conductors: Turnovsky, Martin
Ensemble: ; Chamber Harmony; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Paradoxically, a greater opportunity to witness the artistry of the remarkable Czech conductor Martin Turnovsky, whose teachers included Karel Ancerl and George Szell, has been...continue...

Sounds from Within - works by Martinu, Martin, Bartok, Holt et al. / Wissam Boustany, flute; Stefan Warzycki, piano

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2012-04-10

Works: Frank Martin: Ballade for flute & piano; Simon Holt: Maïastra, for flute; Béla Bartók: Hungarian Peasant Songs, for flute & string orchestra (arr. Bartók); Wissam Boustany: Impr...
Performers: Boustany, Wissam; Warzycki, Stefan

Recording information: St George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol, UK (09/06/1990/09/07/1990)....continue...

Music for Flute in 20th Century

1 CD / Camerata / 2012-04-10

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata in D major, Op. 94; Bohuslav Martinu: Sonata for Flute and Piano; Darius Milhaud: Sonatina for flute & piano, Op. 76; Paul Hindemith: Sonata for flute & piano
Performers: Adrian Cox; Schulz, Wolfgang [Flute]

A program of 20th century masterpieces for flute and piano is performed by Wolfgang Schulz, principal flutist of the Vienna Philharmonic....continue...
Recording information: Studio Baumgarten, Vienna....continue...

Martinu: Violin Concerto No. 1; Symphony No. 1 / Lorenzo Gatto, violin

1 CD / Fuga Libera / 2012-04-10

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Concerto for Violin no 2, H. 293; Symphony no 1
Performers: Gatto, Lorenzo
Conductors: Weller, Walter
Ensemble: National Orchestra of Belgium

To graciously round off his time as conductor of the National Orchestra of Belgium, Walter Weller has chosen for his sixth album a composer he...continue...
Recording information: Henry Le Bouf Concert Hall, Centre for Fine Arts (BOZAR (06/27/2011-07/01/2011)....continue...

Great Czech Conductors: Rafael Kubelik - Dvorak, Martinu, Shostakovich / Rudolf Firkusny, piano

2 CD / Supraphon / 2012-04-02

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 8 in G major, Op. 88/B 163; Concerto for Piano in G minor, Op. 33/B 63; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 9 in E flat major, Op. 70; Bohuslav Martinu: Symphony no 4; M...
Performers: Firkusny, Rudolf; Otava, Zdenek
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

The name of Rafael Kubelík symbolically opens the SUPRAPHON series of archival recordings featuring the most celebrated Czech conductors. Kubelík's journey to catharsis, which was...continue...

Hommage à Zuzana Ruzickova - Bach, Scarlatti, De Falla, Kalabis, Poulenc, Martinu et al. / Zuzana Ruzickova, piano

2 CD / Supraphon / 2012-03-07

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903; French Suite no 5 in G major, BWV 816; Concerto for solo keyboard no 9 in G major (after Vivaldi Op. 4/1, RV 381), BWV 980 (BC...
Performers: Cech, Frantisek; Chvapil, Jaroslav; Dlouhy, Karel; Novosad, Lubomir; Ruzickova, Zuzanna; Vik, Karel
Conductors: Sanderling, Kurt; Neumann, Václav

American Record Guide, September / October 2012
This is a pleasure. Ruzickova is an artist of the first order - truly worthy of this fine homage.
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135 Years of Czech Composers - Smetana, Fibich, Novacek, Janacek, Schulhoff, Suk et al. / Yvonne Smeulers, violin; Sander Sittig, piano

2 Super Audio CD / Quintone / 2012-02-28

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Z domoviny (From the Homeland), pieces (2) for violin & piano, JB 1; Antonin Dvorák: Romantic Pieces (4) for Violin and Piano, Op. 75/B 150; Sonatina for Violin and Piano in G m...
Performers: Sittig, Sander; Smeulers, Yvonne

American Record Guide, September / October 2012
This is a very attractive program. The gorgeous works by Smetana and Dvorak are reason alone to want this...continue...
Recording information: Westvest90-church, Schiedam, The Netherlands....continue...

A Tribute to Pierre Fournier: works by Martinu, Vivaldi, Couperin / John Walz, cello; Edith Orloff, piano

1 CD / Yarlung / 2012-01-31

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Sonata for Cello and Piano no 1; Concerto for Cello no 1, H. 196 (3 versions); Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Cello, strings & continuo in E minor, RV 409; François Couperin: Pi...
Performers: Orloff, Edith; Walz, John
Conductors: Feeman, Paul
Ensemble: Czech National Symphony Orchestra

This album features John Walz, master cellist of the London Symphony Orchestra and first chair of the Los Angeles Opera orchestra. Walz dedicated this album...continue...

Anthology II of Czech Piano Music / Radoslav Kvapil, piano

7 CD / Musical Concepts / 2012-01-17

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Humoresques (8) for Piano, Op. 101/B 187; Suite for piano in A major, B. 184 (Op. 98) (also listed as Op. 101); Dumka for Piano in C minor, Op. 12 no 1/B 136; Furiant, for piano ...
Performers: Kvapil, Radoslav

From renowned Czech pianist Radoslav Kvapil comes a second collection of piano classics from Dvorak, Fibich, Martinu, Smetana, and Vorisek. Includes two discs of Dvorak...continue...

Bohuslav Martinu: Promenade / chamber works for flute, violin & piano

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2012-01-10

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Madrigal Sonata; Sonata for violin & piano no 1, H. 182; Promenades for Violin, Flute and Harpsichord; Sonata for Flute and Piano; Sonata for Flute, Violin and Piano, H 254
Performers: Capuano, Gianluca; Marangoni, Alessandro; Parrino, Francesco; Parrino, Stefano
Conductors:
Ensemble: Trio Albatros

Nowadays Bohuslav Martinu ranks alongside Bedrich Smetana, Antonín Dvorák and Leo Janácek as a true giant of Czech music. This intriguing collection of chamber works...continue...
Recording information: Chiesa Ss. Urbano e Martino, Pedenosso, Valdidentro, SO (09/13/2010-09/16/2010)....continue...

Josef Suk: Early Recordings / Josef Suk, violin; Holecek, Panenka, Hala, Skampa

6 CD / Supraphon / 2011-12-03

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Romantic Pieces (4) for Violin and Piano, Op. 75/B 150; Sonatina for Violin and Piano in G major, Op. 100/B 183; Sonata for Violin and Piano in F major, Op. 57/B 106; Josef Suk: ...
Performers: Hala, Josef; Holecek, Alfred; Navarra, Andre; Panenka, Jan; Skampa, Milan; Suk, Josef

On the morning on 7 July 2011 the agencies brought the sad news that one of the legends of 20thcentury music had passed away. Josef...continue...
Recording information: Domovina Studio, Prague....continue...

Homage to Paderewski / Jonathan Plowright, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-11-08

Works: Józef Wieniawski: Étude for piano, Op. 44/22; Ernest Schelling: Nocturne à Ragusa; Con tenerezza, for piano; Béla Bartók: Hungarian Folktunes (3) for Piano, Sz 66; Arthur Ben...
Performers: Plowright, Jonathan; Shorr, Aaron

Following the resounding success of Jonathan Plowright's 2010 Hommage à Chopin, the acclaimed British pianist becomes the fi rst artist to record the album of...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, England (2011-01-28_2011-01-30&2010-)....continue...

Historical Russian Archives: Rudolf Barshai Edition / Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Bartok et al. [10 CDs] (live, 1956 - 1974)

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-10-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Don Giovanni; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Concerto no 6 in G minor (from 6ème Pièces de clavecin en concerts); Gavott...
Performers: Barshai, Rudolf; Dobrokhotov, Boris; Dokshitzer, Timofei; Korneyev, Alexander; Lill, John; Moreira-Lima, Arthur; Morozova, Irina; Reshetin, Mark; Smirnov, Yevgeny; Vishnevskaya, Galina
Conductors: Barshai, Rudolf
Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra

The Russian conductor Rudolf Barshai was born in 1924 and studied at the Moscow and Leningrad Conservatories. He quickly became part of a group of...continue...

Dancing: The Jazz Fever of Milhaud, Martinu, Seiber, Burian & Wolpe

1 CD / Channel Classics / 2011-10-11

Works: Stefan Wolpe: Suite from the Twenties, for orchestra (arr. by Geert van Keulen); Emil Frantisek Burian: Suite Americaine, for orchestra (originally for 2 pianos), Op. 15; Bohuslav Martinu: Jazz-Suite...
Conductors: Herbers, Werner
Ensemble: ; The Ebony Band

The advent of American jazz and dance music in Europe was a gift from the gods for young composers hungry to find new paths and...continue...

Shuffle.Play.Listen / Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O'Riley

2 CD / Oxingale Productions / 2011-09-27

Works: Christopher O'Riley: Vertigo Suite, for cello & piano (after Bernard Herrmann); Leos Janácek: Fairy tale; Bohuslav Martinu: Variations on a Slovak folksong for Cello and Piano; Igor Stravinsky: ...
Performers: Haimovitz, Matt; O'Riley, Christopher

"Mr. Haimovitz's singing tone is a substantial asset in folksy works by Janacek and Martinu, with Mr. O'Riley providing polished, responsive support. Interspersing those works...continue...
Recording information: Multimedia Room, Schulrich School of Music, McGill Univ (06/19/2011-06/23/2011).

Cellist Matt Haimovitz has included arrangements of rock songs on his recordings and made...continue...

Central Europe: Works for Cello by Schubert, Dvorak, Mital, Tolan / Adam Mital & Olimpia Tolan

1 CD / Solo Musica / 2011-09-27

Works: Franz Schubert: Sonata for Arpeggione in A minor, D 821; Antonin Dvorák: Silent Woods (Klid), for cello & piano (arr. from From the Bohemian Forest, B. 133), B. 173 (Op. 68/; Rondo for cello & p...
Performers: Mital, Adam; Tolan, Olimpia

This recording presents Schubert's famous Arpeggione Sonata, together with several other works by Central European composers. The theme "Central Europe" thus threads right through. On...continue...
Recording information: Radiostudio Zürich (09/21/2009-09/23/2009)....continue...

Music For Viola And Piano by Martinu, Kodaly, Dohnanyi, Joachim, Enescu / Sarah-Jane Bradley, viola; Anthony Hewitt, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-09-27

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Sonata for viola & piano, H. 355; Zoltán Kodály: Adagio for Violin/Viola/Cello and Piano; Ernst von Dohnányi: Sonata for violin & piano in C sharp minor, Op. 21; Jose...
Performers: Bradley, Sarah-Jane; Hewitt, Anthony [Piano]

The viola works on this recording fuse lyricism with virtuosity, and sometimes invoke folkloric moments as well as more rhapsodic flights. Martinu's 1955 Sonata plays...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Westleton, Suffolk, UK (07/24/2008-07/25/2008)....continue...

Martinu: The 6 Symphonies / Belohlavek, BBC Symphony

3 CD / Onyx Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Symphony no 1; Symphony no 2; Symphony no 3; Symphony no 4; Symphony no 5; Symphony no 6 ("Fantaisies symphoniques"), H. 343
Conductors: Belohlávek, Jirí

Onyx presents the first complete CD cycle of Martinu's symphonies, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Jirí Belohlávek. These works, which are a major...continue...
Recording information: Barbican Hall, London, England (10/2009-05/2010)....continue...

Mládí: Works by Janácek, Martinu, Reicha

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2011-09-02

Works: Antoine Reicha: Quintets (6) for Winds, Op. 88; Andantes (2) and Adagio, for English horn, flute, clarinet, horn & bassoon; Bohuslav Martinu: Sextet for flute, oboe, clarinet, 2 bassoons & piano, H. ...
Performers: Heilmann, Hendrik; Preis, Manfred; Reinhard, Marion
Conductors:
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet

The eminent Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet (BPWQ) has recorded a number of discs for BIS, with their latest CD here featuring three composers born in...continue...
Recording information: Kammermusiksaal, Philharmonie Berlin, Germany....continue...

Isabelle Faust: Violin Sonatas & Concertos / Alexander Melnikov, Ewa Kupiec

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-08-09

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Franz Schubert: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, D 574/Op. 162; Béla Bartók: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1, Sz 75; Bo...
Performers: Faust, Isabelle; Kupiec, Ewa; Melnikov, Alexander
Conductors: Belohlávek, Jirí

BBC Music Magazine
A splendid calling card from one of today's most outstanding and versatile violinists, who plays it all with equal ease.
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Destination Paris: String trios by Martinu, Francaix & Enescu

1 CD / Stone Records / 2011-08-09

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: String Trio no 2, H. 238; String Trio no 1, H. 136; Jean Françaix: Trio for piano & strings; George Enescu: Aubade, for violin, viola & cello in C major

The first complete recording of Martinu°'s string trios, giving insight into the composer and his development; his first string trio was only rediscovered in 2005....continue...
Recording information: The Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex, England (06/19/2009-06/21/2009)....continue...

Czech Music for Strings / Leos Janacek, Bohuslav Martinu & Pavel Haas

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2011-07-26

Works: Leos Janácek: Suite for string orchestra, JW 6/2; Quartet for Strings no 1 "Kreutzer Sonata"; Bohuslav Martinu: Sextet for string orchestra, H. 224a; Pavel Haas: Study for String Orchestra
Conductors:
Ensemble: Janacek Chamber Orchestra

In this recoding by the award-winning, Janácek Chamber Orchestra, features music by Czech composers Janácek, Martinu, and Hass. This outstanding recording will be remembered most...continue...
Recording information: Church of the Czechoslovak Hussite, Slezská Ostrava, Cz....continue...

Bohemian Impressions / Dvorak, Smetana, Janacek, Martinu

1 CD / Supraphon / 2011-07-03

Works: Bedrich Smetana: My Country, cycle of symphonic poems; Antonin Dvorák: Czech suite in D major, Op. 39; In Nature's Realm (V prírode), concert overture, B. 168 (Op. 91); Josef Suk: A Sum...
Conductors: Neumann, Václav; Pesek, Libor; Belohlávek, Jirí
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague Philharmonia

The names of Bedrich Smetana, Antonin Dvorak, Leos Janacek, and Bohuslav Martinu are rightly synonymous with the global fame of Czech music. And it was...continue...

Martinu: Songs, Vol. 1 - A Wreath Of Carnations / Wallingerova, Koukl

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-05-31

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Simple Songs (6) for voice & piano, H. 110; Lullabies (3) for voice & piano, H. 146bis; Little Songs (2) in Folk Style, for voice & piano, H. 14; Songs (2) on Russian Poetry, for vo...
Performers: Koukl, Giorgio; Wallingerova, Jana [Mezzo-Soprano]

Vocal music comprised around a quarter of Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu's extensive output, with no fewer than 27 songs dating from 1912 alone. While echoes...continue...
Recording information: Koruni studio, Prague, Czech Republic (03/15/2010-03/17/2010)....continue...

Martinu, Hindemith, Honegger: Cello Concertos / Moser

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2011-05-31

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Concerto for Cello no 1, H. 196 (3 versions); Paul Hindemith: Concerto for Cello; Arthur Honegger: Concerto for Cello in C major, H. 72
Performers: Moser, Johannes
Conductors: Poppen, Christoph
Ensemble: Deutsche Radio Philharmonic

For his new concerto recording, Johannes Moser has selected three rarely heard concertos by three of the 20th century's great composers. Continuing to thrill audiences...continue...
Recording information: SWR Studio Kaiserslautern (06/08/2010-06/12/2010)....continue...

Duos de l'Entre-Deux-Guerres

1 CD / Analekta / 2011-05-03

Works: Maurice Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello; Bohuslav Martinu: Duo for violin & cello no 1, H. 157; Erwin Schulhoff: Duo for Violin and Cello; Arthur Honegger: Sonatine, for violin & cello in E minor,...
Performers: Dyachkov, Yegor; Thouin, Olivier

In the immense landscape that is chamber music, the duet for violin and cello is assuredly not the most well-travelled road. Even so, in the...continue...
Recording information: Multi-Media Room, Schulich School of Music, McGill Univ (07/2010)....continue...

Anthology of Czech Piano Music / Kavpil

6 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-03-08

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Theme & Variations for piano in A flat major, B. 65 (Op.36); Poetic Tone Pictures for Piano, Op. 85; Leos Janácek: On the overgrown path; Sonata 1.X.1905 "From the street"; ...
Performers: Kvapil, Radoslav

Six of the greatest Czech composers and pianists are featured in this impressive box set, their works given forceful immediacy by Kvapil and his Steinway....continue...

Legend / Modern works for trumpet / Peter Masseurs

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2011-02-08

Works: George Enescu: Legende; Jean Françaix: Sonatine for trumpet & piano in C major; Jan Koetsier: Duo giocoso, for trumpet & viola; André Jolivet: Concerto for Trumpet no 2; Bohuslav Martinu: S...

The brand new release from the Turtle family features trumpet player Peter Masseurs and his closest musical friends. After a long career as solo trumpet...continue...
Recording information: Galaxy Studios MOL, Belgium....continue...

Martinu: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 4

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-11-16

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Concerto for Piano no 4 ("Incantation"), H. 358; Concerto for Piano no 1 in D major, H. 149; Concerto for Piano no 2, H. 237
Performers: Koukl, Giorgio
Conductors: Fagen, Arthur

The music of Bohuslav Martinu, whose complete solo piano works have also been recorded by Giorgio Koukl for Naxos, can ring like bells, shimmer like...continue...
Recording information: The House Of Arts Zlin (05/28/2009-05/31/2009)....continue...

Life With Czech Music: Janácek, Martinu

4 CD / Supraphon / 2010-11-05

Works: Leos Janácek: Jealousy (Zárlivost), overture for orchestra, JW 6/10; The Cunning Little Vixen, suite for orchestra (arranged and orchestrated by Václav Talich); Sárka, ope...
Performers: Bouse, Jan; Ruzicka, Josef; Zitek, Vaclav
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir

In commemoration of the death of Sir Charles Mackerras (1926 – 2010), Supraphon presents one of two reissue compilations entitled Life with Czech Music, here...continue...

Martinu: Double Concerto for Strings; Piano & Timpani

1 CD / Apex / 2010-10-19

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Double Concerto for 2 string orchestras, piano & timpani, H. 271; Concerto for string quartet & orchestra, H. 207; Ricercari (3) for orchestra, H. 267

Dutilleux: Symphony No. 1; Martinu: Symphony No. 4

1 CD / Cascavelle / 2010-09-14

Works: Henri Dutilleux: Symphony no 1, for orchestra; Bohuslav Martinu: Symphony no 4
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest

These performances are reissues of recordings made in 1956 (Dutilleux) and 1976 (Martinu) and continue the Cascavelle series dedicated to the art of Ernest Ansermet...continue...
Recording information: RSR Genève....continue...

Remembrances from Home / Viola & piano

1 CD / Centaur / 2010-09-06

Works: Isaac Albéniz: Barcarola for Piano, Op. 202 "Mallorca"; José Pablo Moncayo Garcia: Sonata for viola & piano; Cecil Forsyth: Chanson celtique, for viola & piano; Maurice Ravel: Pièce ...
Performers: Landa, Hector; Placilla, Christina [Viola]

Christina Placilla is a viola soloist, chamber musician, scholar and teacher. She earned her Bachelor of Music in performance at California State University, Long Beach,...continue...
Recording information: Ovation Sound, Winston-Salem, NC (04/2008)....continue...

Martinu: Chamber Music with Flute

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-08-31

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Sonata for Flute, Violin and Piano, H 254; Sonata for Flute and Piano; Sextet for flute, oboe, clarinet, 2 bassoons & piano, H. 174; Trio for flute, cello & piano, H. 300
Performers: Martin, Thomas [Clarinet]; Martinson, Haldan; Nelson, Suzanne; Pinkas, Sally; Ranti, Richard; Rider, Rhonda; Smith, Fenwick

After the death of Janacek in 1924, Martinu assumed the mantle of the leading Czech composer of the twentieth century. The chamber music on this...continue...

Hommage to Guy Fallot

3 CD / Gallo / 2010-08-10

Works: Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Cello and Piano no 1 in E minor, Op. 38; Sonata for Cello and Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 99; André Prévost: Sonata for cello & piano; Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor p...
Performers: Fallot, Guy; Fallot, Monique; Lamasse, Emmanuelle; Possa, Rita
Conductors: Almeida, Antonio de; Jouve, Andre

Ever Changing / Chamber Music Palm Beach

1 CD / Klavier / 2010-07-27

Works: Carlos Surinach: Ritmo jondo; Arnold Bax: Quintet for oboe & strings; Clark McAlister: Agreste, for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello & double bass; Albert Roussel: Trio f...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Chamber Music Palm Beach

Recording information: Eissey Campus Theater, Palm Beach State College, Palm B (07/30/2007-08/01/2007)....continue...

Martinu: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1, 2 & 3 / Paul Watkins

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-07-27

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Sonata for Cello and Piano no 1; Variations on a Slovak folksong for Cello and Piano; Sonata for Cello and Piano no 2; Variations on a theme of Rossini for Cello and Piano; Sonata f...
Performers: Watkins, Huw; Watkins, Paul [Cello, Conductor]

Paul Watkins is one the leading cellists around today, in much demand throughout the world. This is his first disc as an exclusive Chandos artist....continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (10/01/2009-10/03/2009)....continue...

Eastern Gems / Theresa Bogard, piano

1 CD / Centaur / 2010-07-08

Works: Tadeusz Kassern: Sonatina for flute & piano; Marta Ptaszynska: Variations for flute; Jindrich Feld: Sonata for flute & piano; Four Pieces for solo flute; Bohuslav Martinu: Scherzo for Flute and Piano...
Performers: Bogard, Theresa; Riner, Nicole [Flute]

Recording information: FTM Studios, Lakewood, Colorado (05/2008/08/2008)....continue...

Masterworks for Flute and Piano by Poulenc, Martin, Reinecke, Martinu, Messiaen

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2010-06-08

Works: Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Flute and Piano; Frank Martin: Ballade for flute & piano; Carl Reinecke: Sonata for flute & piano in E major ("Undine"), Op. 167; Bohuslav Martinu: Sonata for Flute and Pi...
Performers: Bezaly, Sharon; Brautigam, Ronald

From Carl Reinecke's Undine Sonata, composed in 1882, to Poulenc's 1957 Flute Sonata this disc brings together five central works in the repertoire for flute...continue...
Recording information: Nybrokajen 11 (Former Academy of Music), Stockholm, Swe (06/2008)....continue...