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Providing an independent & competitive source of music & home entertainment MARTINU Violin Concerto 2 Isabelle Faust |
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MARTINU
HMC 901951 CD OFFER PRICE ONLY £10.49 A composer to discover or rediscover! Long overshadowed by the reputation of his Bohemian compatriots Smetana, Dvorák and Janácek, Bohuslav Martinu is at last enjoying his fair share of the limelight. Commentators have so often confined themselves to describing his music in terms of multiple influences – Roussel, French music, the 18th-century concerto grosso – that they have tended to forget his own strong personality and his perfect assimilation of Baroque style. The three works presented on this recording display the Czech composer’s endless creativity within the framework of a vivid concertante language. “The present recording is a near-ideal interpretation of the work, From the very first entry, Faust shows a strong feeling for the work’s dramatic ebb and flow, and in the supremely beautiful slow movement achieves heights of eloquence. Belohlávek, with the relatively small forces of the Prague Philharmonia, provides magnificently flexible accompaniment where necessary and a clear vision of the work’s broadly developed structure…. Excellently recorded, this is an issue to treasure.” "Jirí Belohlávek conducts with fiery commitment, and there's super-sensuous playing from the Prague Philharmonia. Isabelle Faust is the expressive soloist in the Second Violin Concerto, while Cédric Tiberghien plays Toccata e Due Canzoni with bags of charm." "Martinu's spicy orchestration and melodic voice are vividly realised in this engaged performance...Faust's dark, leggy sound and calm negotiation of the third movement cadenza confirm her reputation as a great stylist." Artists: Works: |
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