Музыка и песни Symfonický orchestr hl.m. Prahy FOK (Prague Symphony Orchestra) / Пражский симфонический оркестр на CD

Martinu;, son of a bell ringer in the small town of Policka in Bohemia, was doubtless inspired by the view from his church tower! In 1923 he went to Paris for a few weeks which turned into seventeen years, then fled to the United States at the outbreak of war. Roussel had turned him into a master of counterpoint, inventor of the neo-baroque concerto grosso, where innocent chamber music is transformed into a devastatingly powerful hue and cry, which only a handful of musicians have managed to render - namely Munch, Ancerl, Kubelík and Bélohlávek, who introduced the dense, highly inventive repertoire to a wider audience. After the throbbing polytonal violence of 1937, Martinu; shifted towards a more luminous lyricism along the lines of the Fantaisies symphoniques he dedicated to Charles Munch. This is a tribute to his early conductors.

Artist: Floex/Tom Hodge/Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra Label: Mercury KX

Cellokonzerte Nr. 1 & 2 (Nr. 1 in 2 Versionen); Sonate für Cello & Klavier