This fine Martinů disc was a wise purchase by my father. The "Rhapsody-Concerto" for Viola and Orchestra is his favorite work by one of his favorite (like father like son) Czech composers. It's a late work that practically marks the beginning of his final major stylistical development towards Neo-Romanticism. It's a beautiful work and in the Hands of Jiri Belohlávek with the BBC Symphony Orchestra it receives a knock-out performance. The three other works are duos for viola & violin and viola & piano, respectively. Now I want to go back and listen to my other recordings of these three delights for comparison's sake, however I'm pretty sure that these are the finest performances of all three pieces! Without any doubt if you are a Martinů fan you are in for one hell of a treat! The sound is as outstanding (what one expects from BIS) as the playing from all artists involved. I believe I have posted all four of these works before, so no further comments are really needed..
Enjoy!
Maxim_Rysanov_Plays_Martinů-Tzadik.zip
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4 comments:
Ah, I didn't have this one! Thank you thank you thank you. I do have one of Martinů's discs that consisted of many many madrigals (in fact, that was its name, Martinů's Many Many Madrigals) (except it wasn't) (though it should been called that) on Hyperion? i think.
Scraps ya welcome welcome welcome. "Martinu's Many Many Madrigals" ha! I quite like that :)
You are correct, it is on Hyperion, and I have it around here somewhere (I believe it's a 2 cd set
with other chamber works as well, probably with members of the Nash Ensemble but I cannot
recall off-hand).
TZ
The link has died. Could you re-upload please. Any time in the future will be fine. Now that I've found your blog I'll come back regularly. I love Martinu music. Thank you, Bette
Please ignore request. Link worked fine today. Sorry for inconvenience, Bette
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