Martinu: Piano Concertos Volume 1

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Giorgio Koukl understands the ebb and flow of these volatile works well and is certainly up to their technical demands. His strong sense of line is particularly impressive in the faster movements. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 4th Jan 2010
Catalogue No: 8572206
Label: Naxos
Length: 77 minutes

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March 2010

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Martinů: Piano Concerto No. 3, H316

Work length30:33

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$9.05

Giorgio Koukl
Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra
Arthur Fagen

I. Allegro

Track length9:13

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$2.60

II. Andante poco moderato

Track length11:23

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$3.85

III. Moderato - Allegro

Track length9:57

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$2.60

Martinů: Piano Concerto No. 5, H366 'Fantasia concertante'

Work length25:13

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$7.80

Giorgio Koukl
Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra
Arthur Fagen

I. Poco allegro risoluto

Track length8:11

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II. Poco andante

Track length9:58

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III. Poco allegro

Track length7:04

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Martinů: Piano Concertino, H. 269

Work length21:23

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$5.20

Giorgio Koukl
Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra
Arthur Fagen

I. Allegro moderato (Comodo)

Track length6:13

$1.00

$1.30

II. Lento

Track length8:45

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$2.60

III. Allegro

Track length6:25

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$1.30

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Martinu was an immensely prolific and varied composer with an impressive list of orchestral compositions including six symphonies and five piano concertos.

The three works for piano and orchestra on this disc span twenty years of the Czech composer’s peripatetic career, from the Concertino (Paris, 1938) to the Third Piano Concerto (New York, 1948) and the Fifth Piano Concerto (Schönenberg, Pratteln, Switzerland 1958).

As with his complete solo piano music, also available on Naxos, Martinu’s immediately recognisable style here combines shimmering virtuosity and impressionistic effects, motoric rhythms and pristine harmonies.

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October 2010

Giorgio Koukl understands the ebb and flow of these volatile works well and is certainly up to their technical demands. His strong sense of line is particularly impressive in the faster movements.

March 2010

No 3, with its occasional flashes of Brahmsian or even late-Mozartian sonorities, has never sounded lighter or more vivacious than here. In the Fifth, which has often sounded mechanical in previous recordings, the music leaps off the page. Koukl receives splendid support from the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra of Zlín under Arthur Fagen and Naxos's sound is first rate, clear and bright with the right balance between soloist and orchestra. Warmly recommended.

an auspicious debut [and] extremely well played

Martinu: Piano Concertos Volume 1

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