Maxim Rysanov plays Martinu

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Rysanov, the tone of his 1780 Guadagnini viola a miraculous combination of dark vigour with the translucency of a viola d'amore, has the most idiomatic partner in Jiri Belohlavek conducting the... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2015, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 30th Mar 2015
Catalogue No: BIS2030
Label: BIS
Length: 67 minutes

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Martinů: Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola and Orchestra

Work length19:30

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Maxim Rysanov
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek

I. Moderato

Track length9:19

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II. Molto adagio - Allegro

Track length10:11

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Martinů: Duo No. 1, H. 313 "3 Madrigals"

Work length16:29

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Alexander Sitkovetsky, Maxim Rysanov

I. Poco allegro

Track length4:17

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II. Poco andante

Track length6:09

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III. Allegro

Track length6:03

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Martinů: Duo for Violin and Viola No. 2, H. 331

Work length15:20

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Alexander Sitkovetsky, Maxim Rysanov

I. Allegretto

Track length5:27

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II. Adagio

Track length5:46

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III. Poco allegro

Track length4:07

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Martinů: Sonata for Viola & Piano, H. 355

Work length16:36

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Maxim Rysanov, Katya Apekisheva

I. Poco andante

Track length8:06

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II. Allegro non troppo

Track length8:30

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Maxim Rysanov, one of today's leading viola players, explores Martinů’s clear fascination with the viola on this disc, opening with the Rhapsody-Concerto from 1952. In this lyrical two-movement work, Rysanov is supported by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the eminent Martinů expert Jiří Bělohlávek. The two Duos for violin and viola which follow are slightly earlier (from 1947 and 1950, respectively). Here the young Russian violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky joins Rysanov, in two scores where exacting technical demands bring the reward of an astonishing richness in sounds and variety from such a sparse instrumentation. Maxim Rysanov closes the disc in the company of the pianist Katya Apekisheva, performing the Viola Sonata of 1955 – like the Rhapsody-Concerto in two movements, with a tough, passionate mood that often recalls the composer's better-known cello sonatas.

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August 2015

Rysanov, the tone of his 1780 Guadagnini viola a miraculous combination of dark vigour with the translucency of a viola d'amore, has the most idiomatic partner in Jiri Belohlavek conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra. The consonance with violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky in the two Duos of 1947 and 1950 is even more mirculous. They play as one, swooping under and over each other.

June 2015

Rysanov plays…with great expression and there's a spring in his step…the Viola Sonata, with Katya Apekisheva in strong support, is the most discursive of the pieces here but she and Rysanov have the measure of it. That distinctive measured dance tune at 1'44 which returns as the first movement's coda is pure magic in their hands. A Martinu CD to play again and again.

7th May 2015

It makes perfect sense that Bohuslav Martinů was a fan of the viola; the instrument’s generous, conversational voice is exactly right for his music, and this recording from Ukrainian violist Maxim Rysanov is easy proof of why...Rysanov clinches the shifting characters and always makes his lines sing; conductor Jiří Bělohlávek draws warmth and brawn from the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

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