Orchestral, Martinů (composer)
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This sounds throughout, even in the numinous calling of the Lord which conjures up the composer’s familiar spooky vein, like Martinů lite…There’s a performance of the First Symphony, Bělohlávek’s... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th October 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Diapason d’Or, January 2019, Découverte
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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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Gramophone Magazine, October 2011, Disc of the Month
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Building a Library, May 2016, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Winner - Orchestral
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Building a Library, September 2019, Recommended
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Life with Czech Music - Janacek & Martinu
RecommendedElisabeth Söderström (soprano), Drahomira Drobkova (contralto), Frantisek Livora (tenor), Richard Novak (bass), Jan Hora (organ), Kvetoslava Nemeckova (soprano), Leo Marian Vodicka (tenor), Vaclav Zitek (baritone), Josef Ruzicka (piano), Jan Bouse (timpani), Eva Urbanova (soprano), Bernarda Fink (contralto),...
Even the recording acoustic is warm, enough sometimes to curl the music’s edges and smudge away little details. But Mackerras’s handling of this repertoire is so fresh, so responsive to the folk-music... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Choral
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Building a Library, July 2017, First Choice
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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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BBC Music Magazine, January 2006, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2006, Editor's Choice
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Martinů’s orchestral soundworld is distinctly his own, without ever being samey. The vividly painted Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca is the best known work here, though The Parables, mysterious... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Offer,
Neeme Järvi conducts Martinů Mikhail Zemtsov (viola)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
The Estonian strings sing their hearts out…the woodwind solos are very lovely, too. Viola-player Mikhail Zemtsov impresses with the sheer beauty of tone — More…
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These are truly great symphonies: here they reveal their treasures. — More…
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Martinu: Early Orchestral Works, Volume Two
Dorota Szczepańska (offstage soprano), Artur Gadzała (violin), Agnieszka Kopacka (piano)
Sinfonia Varsovia, Ian Hobson
The core sound is unmistakeably Czech, with a tang of Suk in the blissed-out divisi strings...it is juvenilia but it is attractive juvenilia, with an enigmatic, wordless offstage melody for soprano... — More…
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It has all the sense of discovery and wonder that makes a strong claim on collectors even though the mono sound has its limitations. — More…
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