woensdag 2 juni 2010

Bohuslav Martinů - Duos and Trio for strings - Beethoven String Trio






































Opgenomen in de St. Vavrinec-kerk, Praag, 2001


CHOC DU MONDE DE LA MUSIQUE JUILLET 2001

"Martinů left a flowering of seemingly unpretentious chamber works, full of transparency and light, whose induced messages alow themselves to be understood only after long familiarity with his method of communication. In the Paris of the 1920s, he was writing in the space of a few days for Stanislav Novak and Maurits Frank the Duo No. 1 they play December 9, 1925. This short diptych, characteristic of his jazzy 'Parisian' style, juxtaposes a Praeludium, worthy of the Bach of the Partitas, and a polytonal, syncopated Rondo, an exuberant, virtuoso stroll through the Paris of Cocteau. The String Trio No. 2 is dedicated to the Pasquier Trio (Concerts du Triton, December 6, 1935). Each movement has recitatives in the form of cadenzas, close to virtuoso improvisation and inhereted from Roussel. In the Three Madrigals, Martinů, now in USA, attained the universal with this art of the instrumental madrigal which draws in sources from the Elizabethan viol music while at the same time subliming two masterpieces of Mozart, the Duos K 423/4. They are dedicated to the American duo of Lillian and Joseph Fuchs who gave the first performance on December, 22, 1947 in New York. This team gives also the premiere, January 5, 1951, of the Duo No. 2 H. 331, appearing less radiant or even austere. In 1958, Martinů was again a guest of Paul Sacher in Switzerland and wrote the Duo No. 2 H. 371 for violin-cello, pre-Classical in outline, respecting a broadened key of D. In its short fast-slow-fast-movements, it favours an almost plastic beauty of polyphony in external Allegros, the atmosphere of a sentimental stroll, not without nostalgia and close to decanted dumka in the central Adagio. In March 1959, he was writing a short didactic poco allegro for two cellos, 34 bars for the instrumental class of Suzanne Hitzel." - Booklet

"It doesn't look promising: a whole disc of string duos and trios by a composer that even his warmest admirers admit was both over-prolific and uneven. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that Martinů was a string player himself, but the level of invention here is very high, and it often emerges in the forms of nervous, energetic toccata and folk-rooted lyricism that those admirers will recognise as 'real Martinů'. (...) Martinů quite often, notably in his only surviving String Trio, rewards his players for negotiating his energetic toccatas with brilliant but never merely showy cadenzas, and these fine players respond with ample tone and real sympathy for his idiom and for the touching nostalgia that often underlies it. The recording is satisfyingly full. Warmly recommended." - Gramophone's Classical Good CD, DVD and Download Guide, 2007

Beethoven String Trio
Pavel Hůla - Josef Klusoň - Michal Kaňka

Duo #1 for violin and violoncello (1927)
1 Praeludium - Andante moderato [4:17]
2 Rondo - Allegro con brio [8:00]

String Trio #2 for violin, viola and violoncello (1934)
3 Allegro [7:l5]
4 Poco moderato - Vivo - Allegro ma non troppo [7:05]

Three Madrigals (Duo #1) for violin and viola (1947)
5 Poco allegro [4:06]
6 Poco andante [5:42]
7 Allegro [5:37]

Duo #2 for violin and viola (1950)
8 Allegro [4:36]
9 Lento [6:15]
10 Allegro (poco) [3:39]

Duo #2 for violin and violoncello (1958)
11 Allegretto [2:40]
12 Adagio [3:55]
13 Poco allegro [3:10]

Piece for two violoncellos (1959)
14 Poco allegro [1:00]

TT 68:17


Download (354 MB): Deel I --- Deel II --- Deel III --- Deel IV


12 opmerkingen:

Horacio zei

Thank you very much! Nice Music, Martinu is always welcome

商羯羅的梵書(Brahman of Sankara)) zei

eexpand my knoweledge abour modern artist!!
thank you so much!!

商羯羅的梵書(Brahman of Sankara)) zei
Deze reactie is verwijderd door de auteur.
AltvioolToon zei

Very nice this post. I fully agree with Horacio.

Dank je wel en de complimenten voor je prachtige weblog.

Groet.

Toon

Anoniem zei

I would like to exchange links with your site fauteuildoreille.blogspot.com
Is this possible?

Anoniem zei

электронные сигареты форум отзывы - электронные мини сигареты

WMS.Nemo zei

Thank you very much, dear Edmond!

Malroso zei
Deze reactie is verwijderd door de auteur.
Anoniem zei

Забавный топик [url=http://tutledy.ru/kachestva-muzhchin/53-samyy-zhelannyy-muzhchina.html]самый желанный мужчина[/url]

Malroso zei

the links are down. Can you reupload ...

Anoniem zei

Hi, cpould you re-up in lossy format?
thanxx

Malroso zei

The links are dead. Can you please repost? That would be very much appreciated, thanks!