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Dirk Kaftan, Grazer Philharmonisches Orchester - Bohuslav Martinů: Die Griechische Passion (The Greek Passion) (2017)

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Dirk Kaftan, Grazer Philharmonisches Orchester - Bohuslav Martinů: Die Griechische Passion (The Greek Passion) (2017)

Dirk Kaftan, Grazer Philharmonisches Orchester, Chor & Extrachor der Oper Graz - Bohuslav Martinů: Die Griechische Passion (The Greek Passion) (2017)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 578 Mb | Total time: 137:03 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Oehms Classics | # OC 967 | Recorded: 2016

The style of the Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů was enriched by numerous influences which are reflected in The Greek Passion; magnificent choirs contrast vividly with intimate chamber music, and folkloristic elements are placed next to complex, classically worked-out orchestral movements. A highly emotional mixture of oratorio and dramatic opera takes the listener into a world in which catastrophes abound. Lorenzo Fioroni, who has directed operas in Nuremberg, Augsburg and Heidelberg, has produced this dramatic contest against fear in Graz.

Johannes Moser, Andrei Korobeinikov - Bohuslav Martinů: Complete Cello Sonatas (2022)

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Johannes Moser, Andrei Korobeinikov - Bohuslav Martinů: Complete Cello Sonatas (2022)

Johannes Moser, Andrei Korobeinikov - Bohuslav Martinů: Complete Cello Sonatas (2022)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 248 Mb | Total time: 59:51 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Pentatone | # PTC 5187 007 | Recorded: 2022

Cellist Johannes Moser and pianist Andrei Korobeinikov present Bohuslav Martinů’s complete cello sonatas. These works belong to the most significant twentieth-century repertoire for cello and piano. Reflecting Martinů’s troubled existence, defined by wartime, emigration, longing for the homeland, yet also full of hope and life-affirming energy, the music seems entirely topical in our own troubled times. After their award-winning recording of works by Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff from 2016, Moser and Korobeinikov demonstrate their congeniality once more, fully realizing the extreme interdependence of cello and piano in these works.

Olli Mustonen, Dalia Stasevska, Lahti Symphony Orchestra - Rautavaara, Martinů: Piano Concertos (2023)

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Olli Mustonen, Dalia Stasevska, Lahti Symphony Orchestra - Rautavaara, Martinů: Piano Concertos (2023)

Olli Mustonen, Dalia Stasevska, Lahti Symphony Orchestra - Rautavaara, Martinů: Piano Concertos (2023)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 240 Mb | Total time: 56:19 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-SACD-2532 | Recorded: 2022

The Czech Bohuslav Martinů and the Finn Einojuhani Rautavaara may not seem to have much in common, but both have adopted an attitude free of musical puritanism, constantly finding new sources of inspiration which they explored without taboos. Explaining the heterogeneity of his musical language over the years, Rautavaara stated that, as a Finn, he stands ‘between East and West, between the tundra and Europe, between Lutheran and Orthodox faith’. Premiered in 1999, his Piano Concerto No. 3 has managed to join the small group of late twentieth-century concertos that are now part of the repertoire. Its subtitle, ‘Gift of Dreams’, seems to describe perfectly the character of the music in the first two movements, before a finale that exhibits a more driven, anxious manner.

Steven Isserlis, Olli Mustonen - Martinu, Sibelius, Mustonen: Cello Sonatas (2014)

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Steven Isserlis, Olli Mustonen - Martinu, Sibelius, Mustonen: Cello Sonatas (2014)

Steven Isserlis, Olli Mustonen - Martinu, Sibelius, Mustonen: Cello Sonatas (2014)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:18:09 | 348 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: BIS | Catalog: BIS-SACD-2042

As Bohuslav Martinu gradually becomes better known in the west, his appealing chamber music is increasingly being performed and recorded, as it should be. This SACD of the three cello sonatas joins a respectable number of recordings that are available, though these exceptional performances by Steven Isserlis and Olli Mustonen are sure to give this album a higher profile in the marketplace.

Jan Valta, State Chamber Orchestra of Žilina - Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano; Martinů: Sinfonietta La Jolla (1994)

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Jan Valta, State Chamber Orchestra of Žilina - Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano; Martinů: Sinfonietta La Jolla (1994)

Jan Valta, State Chamber Orchestra of Žilina - Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano; Martinů: Sinfonietta La Jolla (1994)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 200 Mb | Total time: 46:04 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Point Classics | # 2671852 | Recorded: 1994

Martinu's alternately bustlingly neo-classical and genially lyrical Sinfonietta La jolla (named after the Californian town whose Music Society commissioned it) is otherwise absent from the CD catalogue at present, and this lively account is welcome. It is one of his most relaxed works, approaching light music at times, especially in the circus-like exuberance of the finale, but the lyrical element continually returns and before the coda a string chorale is heard that more than hints at the luminous simplicity of the finest late Martinu. Valta's is a very good performance, marred only by the rather forward placing and somewhat atmosphere-less sound of the concertante piano and by a certain lack of warmth (La Jolla is distanced from the Pacific by a degree or two of latitude) in the violins.

Ensemble Wien-Berlin - Louis Spohr, Bohuslav Martinů: Nonette / Nonets (1989)

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Ensemble Wien-Berlin - Louis Spohr, Bohuslav Martinů: Nonette / Nonets (1989)

Ensemble Wien-Berlin - Louis Spohr, Bohuslav Martinů: Nonette / Nonets (1989)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 218 Mb | Total time: 50:34 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 427 640-2 | Recorded: 1988

The standard nonet – consisting of five wind instruments (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon) and four stringed instruments (violin, viola, cello, double bass) – is the mid-size SUV of chamber ensembles: hefty enough to produce pseudo-orchestral horsepower, but still maneuverable enough to accelerate from zero to sixty at a respectable clip. Nowhere are its virtues more evident than in this 1989 album from Ensemble Wien-Berlin (a super-group of principal players from the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics, formed earlier in the decade), whose jocular interplay and burnished blend bring shine to two of the finest works written for the nonet, Louis Spohr’s seminal 1813 Nonet in F and Bohuslav Martinu’s zingy, neo-classical Nonetto No. 2.

Bohuslav Matousek, Christopher Hogwood - Martinu: Complete Works for Violin & Orchestra, Vol. 2 (2007)

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Bohuslav Matousek, Christopher Hogwood - Martinu: Complete Works for Violin & Orchestra, Vol. 2 (2007)

Bohuslav Matousek, Christopher Hogwood - Martinu: Complete Works for Violin & Orchestra, Vol.2 (2007)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 64:35 | 321 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Hyperion | Catalog: CDA 67672

In the second of four Hyperion discs dedicated to the works for violin and orchestra by Czech-French-American-Swiss composer Bohuslav Martinu, violinist Bohuslav Matousek with Christopher Hogwood and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra join two of the composer's typically atypical works: the Concerto da camera for violin with string orchestra, piano and percussion and the Concerto for violin and piano with orchestra.

Bohuslav Matousek, Christopher Hogwood - Martinu: Complete Works for Violin & Orchestra, Vol.1 (2007)

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Bohuslav Matousek, Christopher Hogwood - Martinu: Complete Works for Violin & Orchestra, Vol.1 (2007)

Bohuslav Matousek, Christopher Hogwood - Martinu: Complete Works for Violin & Orchestra, Vol.1 (2007)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 55:06 | 279 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Hyperion | Catalog: CDA 67671

For those who like their modernism light, buoyant, and lyrical, there's Bohuslav Martinu's prewar music. And for those who like their modernism big, bold yet still lyrical, there's Martinu's postwar music. On this 2007 Hyperion disc, the first of four devoted to the Czech composer's complete violin concertos, violinist Bohuslav Matousek with Christopher Hogwood and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra present three wonderful works from both sides of the war: the Concerto for flute, violin, and orchestra from 1936 and the Duo concertante for two violins and orchestra from 1937 plus the Concerto in D major for two violins and orchestra from 1950.

Ingo Metzmacher, Bamberger Symphoniker - Versuch Eines Requiems: Martinů, Nono, Schoenberg, Hartmann (1995)

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Ingo Metzmacher, Bamberger Symphoniker - Versuch Eines Requiems: Martinů, Nono, Schoenberg, Hartmann (1995)

Ingo Metzmacher, Bamberger Symphoniker - Versuch Eines Requiems: Martinů, Nono, Schoenberg, Hartmann (1995)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 212 Mb | Total time: 58:36 | Scans included
Classical | Label: EMI Classics | # 5 55424 2 | Recorded: 1995

This disc combines Hartmann's Symphony No. 1 (1937/1948), a requiem for the victims of the Nazis and the dead of World War II, using Walt Whitman's verses from "Leaves of Grass" written for the dead of the Civil War and a soprano singer, with anti-war pieces by Arnold Schoenberg, Bouslav Martinu, and Luigi Nono.

Rudolf Firkušný, Libor Pešek, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra - Martinů: Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 3 & 4 (1994)

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Rudolf Firkušný, Libor Pešek, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra - Martinů: Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 3 & 4 (1994)

Rudolf Firkušný, Libor Pešek, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra - Martinů: Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 3 & 4 (1994)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 255 Mb | Total time: 66:47 | Scans included
Classical | Label: RCA | # 09026-61934-2 | Recorded: 1993

This wonderful disc is another souvenir of the great Czech pianist Rudolf Firkusny's return to his homeland after the triumph of democracy in the early 1990s. We are very lucky that he lived to make this recording. Firkusny was a personal friend of the composer, and he gave the premieres of all three of these concertos. He plays them with a sovereign mastery that brooks no competition, and the music itself is marvelous. The Fourth Concerto, subtitled Incantations, is one of the century's most exciting and unusual scores for piano and orchestra, while the other two explore both the classical and Romantic heritage of the form. This is a recording that has "greatness" stamped all over it.

Christoph Eschenbach, The Philadelphia Orchestra - Béla Bartók, Bohuslav Martinů, Gideon Klein (2005)

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Christoph Eschenbach, The Philadelphia Orchestra - Béla Bartók, Bohuslav Martinů, Gideon Klein (2005)

Christoph Eschenbach, The Philadelphia Orchestra - Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Martinů: Memorial to Lidice; Klein: Partita for Strings (2005)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 300 Mb | Total time: 68:52 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Ondine | # ODE 1072-5 | Recorded: 2005

Sometimes great things are worth waiting for… It has been nearly ten years since the renowned Philadelphia Orchestra made new recordings available on a regular and worldwide basis. This is Ondine's first release in its new groundbreaking partnership with The Philadelphia Orchestra, which calls for a minimum of three recordings to be released per year (for more information click here). The partnership agreement has attracted international media attention, including major articles throughout the international press (e.g. The Wall Street Journal, July 21, 2005; Gramophone, July 2005).

Bohuslav Matoušek, Christopher Hogwood - Martinů: The Complete Music for Violin and Orchestra [4CDs] (2019)

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Bohuslav Matoušek, Christopher Hogwood - Martinů: The Complete Music for Violin and Orchestra [4CDs] (2019)

Bohuslav Matoušek, Christopher Hogwood, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra - Martinů: The Complete Music for Violin and Orchestra [4CDs] (2019)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 1.05 Gb | Total time: 04:03:00 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDS44611/4 | Recorded: 2007, 2008

Commissioned or premiered by some of the greatest violinists of the age—Kreisler, Dushkin, Elman—all the usual Martinu virtues are here in abundance, which makes the subsequent neglect of this important body of work even more incomprehensible. A decade after their original release, these recordings remain virtually unchallenged. The works recorded in this set—Martinu’s complete output for solo violin and orchestra, including compositions with other solo instruments.

Frank Peter Zimmermann, Jakub Hrůša, Bamberger Symphoniker - Martinů: Violin Concertos; Bartók: Solo Sonata (2020)

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Frank Peter Zimmermann, Jakub Hrůša, Bamberger Symphoniker - Martinů: Violin Concertos; Bartók: Solo Sonata (2020)

Frank Peter Zimmermann, Jakub Hrůša, Bamberger Symphoniker - Martinů: Violin Concertos; Bartók: Solo Sonata (2020)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 319 Mb | Total time: 74:40 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS Records | # BIS-SACD-2457 | Recorded: 2018-2020

Frank Peter Zimmermann, one of today’s most highly regarded violinists, here performs works by two Central European composers that also exemplify various currents in classical music during the period 1920-1950. Although it only received its first performance in 1973, Bohuslav Martinů’s Violin Concerto No. 1 had been composed 40 years earlier in the neo-classical idiom championed by Stravinsky. In contrast, the composer’s Second Violin Concerto (1943) is written in a more lyrical vein, partly to suit the playing style of Mischa Elman, the violinist who commissioned it. In both works Zimmermann is partnered by Bamberger Symphoniker under the orchestra’s chief conductor Jakub Hrůša, one of the leading Martinů conductors of today.

Petr Nouzovský, Tomás Brauner, Pilsen Philharmonic - Martinu: Complete Works for Cello and Orchestra (2017)

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Petr Nouzovský, Tomás Brauner, Pilsen Philharmonic - Martinu: Complete Works for Cello and Orchestra (2017)

Petr Nouzovský, Tomás Brauner, Pilsen Philharmonic - Martinu: Complete Works for Cello and Orchestra (2017)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 613 MB | 01:54:12
Genre: Classical | Label: MDG Scene

Amazingly, Bohuslav Martinu’s concertante compositions for violoncello have been brought together for the first time on this double CD. Along with the two Cello Concertos, Petr Nouzovský and the Plze 324; Philharmonic under Thomas Brauner also perform the Concertino and the Sonata da Camera – a richly colored portrait of this composer whose playful treatment of his musical creations continues to fascinate us even today. Deeply rooted in the Bohemian musical tradition, Martin 367;’s compositions combine rhythmic sophistication, traditional folk motifs, and a classical understanding of form.

Ensemble Villa Musica - Martinu: Chamber Music (2007)

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Ensemble Villa Musica - Martinu: Chamber Music (2007)

Ensemble Villa Musica - Martinu: Chamber Music (2007)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 265 MB | 01:09:20
Genre: Classical | Label: MDG Gold

For a kinder, gentler, more tuneful, and even a more danceable Stravinsky in his High neo-Classical period, try the wind chamber music Czech-French-American composer Bohuslav Martinu wrote in his High French period. Three of the works on this disc by the Ensemble Villa Musica – Le Revue de Cuisine from 1927, the Sextet from 1929, and the Quartre madrigaux from 1937 – represent Martinu at his Parisian best: archly lyrical, angularly rhythmic, and brilliantly colorful. For a lighter, deeper, more conservative, and even a more melancholy Stravinsky in his postwar late neo-Classical period, try the last work on this disc,