Martinů: Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra, Violin Sonata No. 3 & Five Short Pieces

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Among other works featuring violin and orchestra, one of the most immediately appealing is the Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra, written in 1953 towards the end of his sojourn in the... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 8th Sep 2023
Catalogue No: SU43302
Label: Supraphon
Length: 63 minutes

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Martinů: Concerto for violin, piano and orchestra H342

Work length26:10

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Josef Špaček (violin), Miroslav Sekera (piano)
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Petr Popelka

I. Poco allegro

Track length8:26

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II. Adagio

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III. Allegro

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Martinů: Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 3, H. 303

Work length26:14

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Josef Špaček (violin), Miroslav Sekera (piano)

I. Poco allegro

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II. Adagio

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III. Scherzo

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IV. Lento - Moderato - Allegro

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Martinů: Five Short Pieces for Violin and Piano, H. 184

Work length10:38

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Josef Špaček (violin), Miroslav Sekera (piano)

I. Allegro moderato

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II. Andante

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III. Allegretto moderato

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IV. Allegro vivo - Presto

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V. Allegro - Poco moderato

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Bohuslav Martinu was a violinist himself, yet the piano colour in many of his symphonic scores is his actual signature. The two instruments are assigned solo roles in the Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra (1953), commissioned by Benno and Sylvia Rabinof, who duly premiered it in May 1954. Written concurrently with Symphony No. 6 (Fantaisies symphoniques), the remarkable work is hardly ever performed nowadays. Different is the case of Violin Sonata No. 3 (1944), created in the USA too, which has long been a staple of violinists' repertoires worldwide. Amid the atmosphere of the imminent end of WWII and feeling homesick, Martinu conceived a monument whose duration is that of a symphony, a work teeming with contrastive drama and lyricism, and featuring a Dvorak-like nostalgia, evoking his Czech roots. In comparison with the two "American" works, the Cinq pieces breves (1930), dating from Martinu's Paris period, contain far rougher harmonies and piquancy, attesting to a penchant for the Charleston, as well as a propensity to the contrapuntal style. On their album, the globally renowned artists Josef Spacek and Miroslav Sekera present Martinu as an astute creator of chamber music and concertos, a composer both international and Czech, widely known and still being discovered alike.

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November 2023

Among other works featuring violin and orchestra, one of the most immediately appealing is the Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra, written in 1953 towards the end of his sojourn in the United States and an exhilarating piece that is by turns optimistic and bittersweet...The central Adagio is rapturous, but even in the agitated finale the soloists Josef Špaček and Miroslav Sekera find delicacy at the heart of things.

Martinů: Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra, Violin Sonata No. 3 & Five Short Pieces

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