Bohuslav Martinů: The Symphonist, by Charles Munch, Karel Šejna, Karel Ančerl, Rafael Kubelík

Bohuslav Martinů: The Symphonist

by Charles Munch, Karel Šejna, Karel Ančerl, Rafael Kubelík

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1.	Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani, H. 271 I. Poco allegro 06:29	buy track
2.	Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani, H. 271 II. Largo 08:43	buy track
3.	Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani, H. 271 III. Allegro 07:08	buy track
4.	Tre Ricercari, H. 267 Allegro poco 04:28	buy track
5.	Tre Ricercari, H. 267 Largo 06:14	buy track
6.	Tre Ricercari, H. 267 Allegro 04:28	buy track
7.	Les Fresques de Piero Della Francesca, H. 352 I. Andante poco moderato 07:44	buy track
8.	Les Fresques de Piero Della Francesca, H. 352 II. Adagio 05:34	buy track
9.	Les Fresques de Piero Della Francesca, H. 352 III. Poco allegro 04:59	buy track
10.	Symphony No. 6, H. 343 “Fantaisies Symphoniques” I. Lento - Andante moderato - Allegro - Lento 08:12	buy track
11.	Symphony No. 6, H. 343 “Fantaisies Symphoniques” II. Poco allegro 07:04	buy track
12.	Symphony No. 6, H. 343 “Fantaisies Symphoniques” III. Lento 10:12	buy track
13.	Symphony No. 4, H. 305 I. Poco moderato 06:37	buy track
14.	Symphony No. 4, H. 305 II. Scherzo - Allegro vivo - Trio - Moderato 08:25	buy track
15.	Symphony No. 4, H. 305 III. Largo 09:49	buy track
16.	Symphony No. 4, H. 305 IV. Poco allegro 07:05	buy track
17.	Toccata e Due Canzoni, H. 311 Toccata - Allegro moderato 07:46	buy track
18.	Toccata e Due Canzoni, H. 311 Canzone I - Andante moderato 07:35	buy track
19.	Toccata e Due Canzoni, H. 311 Canzone II - Allegro (poco) - Adagio 11:02	buy track
20.	The Parables, H. 367 I. Andante pastorale 05:48	buy track
21.	The Parables, H. 367 II. Poco moderato 06:35	buy track
22.	The Parables, H. 367 III. Poco allegro - Moderato - Poco allegro 07:36	buy track

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Bohuslav Martinů, son of a bell ringer in the small town of Polička 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 Charles Munch, Karel Ančerl, Rafael Kubelík and Jiří Bélohlávek, who introduced the dense, highly inventive repertoire to a wider audience. After the throbbing polytonal violence of 1937, Martinů shifted towards a more luminous lyricism along the lines of the Fantaisies Symphoniques he dedicated to Munch. This is a tribute to his early conductors.

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released January 1, 2018

Charles Munch- Conductor
Karel Šejna- Conductor
Karel Ančerl- Conductor
Rafael Kubelík- Conductor

Recorded in Boston, Symphony Hall, 23 April 1956. London, Kingsway Hall,
January 1957 (H 352), in Prague, Dvořák Hall, 15 September 1958 (H 271),
January 1962 (H 367), 13 June 1989 (H 267), live 24 November 2000 (H 311).
In Smetana Hall 20 October 1992 (H 305).

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