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Bohuslav Martinu

  • Aquarelles — fine music-making with old friends

    Oct 19th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Barry Snyder, Bohuslav Martinu, Bonita Boyd, Bridge Records, Carl Maria von Weber, CD Review, Chamber music, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Jean-Michel Damase, Philippe Gaubert, Steven Doane

    This is what chamber music should be about — a conversation among old friends. Bonita Boyd, Steven Doane, and Barry Snyder are all long-time current or former faculty of the Eastman School of Music. The individual performances are top-flight, as one might expect of such musicians. But they’re also fully integrated. All three performers are […]

  • Bohuslav Martinu played masterfully by Trio Martinu

    Jul 16th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Bohuslav Martinu, CD Review, Chamber music, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Musicaphon, Trio Martinu

    Bohuslav Martinu had a remarkably consistent style that spanned over 380 works written over a half-century. Certain syncopations, inspired by the rhythm of his native Czech language, are almost always present. And his harmonies, also inspired by his country’s folk music, sound like no one else’s. That’s not to say Martinu wrote the same piece […]

  • Martinu and Martin together in The Secret Mass

    Jun 24th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Bohuslav Martinu, CD Review, choral music, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Frank Martin, Marcus Creed, OUR Recordings, SACD

    There’s only one letter difference between the names Martin and Martinu. Their music isn’t as closely related, but they do share some similarities. Swiss Frank Martin and Czech Bohuslav Martinu were both born in 1890 and were musical contemporaries. The Danish National Vocal Ensemble performs mostly a capella works by these two men, highlighting both […]

  • Czech Choral Masterworks: Martinu, Reznicek, Fiala

    Oct 17th, 2018 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: ArcoDiva, Bohuslav Martinu, CD Review, choral music, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno, Petr Fiala, Petr Reznicek

    This has to be one of the most unusual albums of choral music I’ve listened to. The concept is solid — sacred music by 20th Century Czech composers. What’s unusual is the relationship between the composers. The Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno performs two works by Bohuslav Martinu. Rounding out the album are works by […]

  • #ClassicsaDay #ClassicalNine Week 3

    Sep 21st, 2018 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: #ClassicalNine, #ClassicsaDay, Alexander Scriabin, Bohuslav Martinu, Classical music, Georg Frederich Handel, Samuel Barber, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Twitter

    September is the ninth month of the year. And so the #ClassicsaDay team decided to make the number the theme. For September 2018, the challenge is to post classical works that have to do with the number nine.  I chose to alternate between nonets, opus nine compositions and works with a catalog number of nine. […]

  • Martinu Early Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 fills in background

    Mar 21st, 2018 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Bohuslav Martinu, CD Review, Classical music, Ian Hobson, Orchestral music, Sinfonia Varsivia, Toccata Classics

    The major work of this release is “Vanishing Night.” Martinu revised this work with the help of his teacher Josef Suk. The work is a compendium of Martinu’s early impressionist style. Originally, it was thought that only a portion of “Vanishing Midnight” survived. Recently orchestral parts for the missing movements were rediscovered, and for the […]

  • iSSERLIS MARTINU

    Isserlis Energizes Martinu Sonatas

    Aug 18th, 2014 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: BIS, Bohuslav Martinu, cello, Chamber music, Contemporary classical, Jean Sibelius, Olli Mostonen, SACD, Stephen Isserlis

    Steven Isserlis turns in an attractive program of cello music with this new SACD. Bohuslav Martinu wrote in a very distinctive style; one that was remarkably consistent throughout his long and prolific career. Martinu wrote tonal works, but they were his own version of tonality. Dancing syncopation and shimmering chords are Martinu trademarks, and they’re here […]

  • Cello Concertos by Mid-Century Masters

    Sep 12th, 2011 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Arthur Honegger, Bohuslav Martinu, CD Review, Christoph Poppen, Concerto, contemporary classical music, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Hannsler Classics, Johannes Moser, Paul Hindemith

    What if classical music had taken a different turn in the mid-Twentieth century. Cellist Johannes Moser gives us a hint with his latest release of concertos. He presents three works by composers who all wrote in a somewhat tonal style. Paul Hindemith wrote music that he believed to be the logical extension of the works […]

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