Bohuslav Martinu - The 6 Symphonies (Belohlavek; BBC Symphony)

Bohuslav MARTINU (1890-1959)

The Six Symphonies

Symphony No.1

Symphony No.2

Symphony No.3

Symphony No.4

Symphony No.5

Symphony No.6 'Fantaisies symphoniques'

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Jiří Bělohlávek

Recorded in the Barbican Hall, London, between October 2009 & May 2010

Nonetto - Works by Nino Rota, Hans Eisler and Bohuslav Martinu

Nonetto

Nino ROTA (1911-1979) 

Nonetto (1959-1974)

For violin, viola, cello, double bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn

Hans EISLER (1898-1962)

Nonet No. 2 (1941)

for 3 violins, double bass, flute, clarinet, bassoon, tumpet, percussion

Bohuslav MARTINU (1890-1959) 

Nonet No. 2 H.374 (1959)

for violin, viola, cello, double bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn

Oxalys

Recording: Dec. 2020, Studio 1, Flagey, Brussels

Bohuslav Martinu - Sinfonietta ‘La Jolla’, La revue de cuisine

Bohuslav MARTINŮ (1890-1959)

Sinfonietta ‘La Jolla’ H. 328 (1950) 

La revue de cuisine H. 161 (1927) 

Toccata e due canzoni H. 311 (1946) 

Merry Christmas 1941 (H. 286 bis) trans. Roger Ruggeri (1941) 

Tre ricercari H. 267 (1938)

Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Christopher Hogwood

rec. April 1991 at Ordway Music Theatre, St Paul, Minnesota, USA

Bohuslav Martinů - The Greek Passion (Opera in 4 acts, H.372)

Bohuslav MARTINU (1890-1959) 

The Greek Passion, Opera in 4 Acts, H. 372 (1954-57)

Libretto by the Composer based on an English translation of Nikos Kazantzakis’s novel Christ Recrucified 

Dshamilja Kaiser (Katerina) 

Tatjana Miyus (Lenio) 

Taylan Reinhard (Panait)

Rolf Romei (Manolios) 

Manuel von Senden (Yannakos) 

Wilfried Zelinka (Priest Grigoris) 

Markus Butter (Fotis, Priest of the Refugees) 

Graz Philharmonic 

Choruses of Graz Opera and Graz University of the Arts

Dirk Kaftan 

 

Release Date: 28th Apr 2017

Bohuslav Martinu; Hans Krasa & Viktor Kalabis - Harpsichord Concertos

Bohuslav MARTINU (1890-1959)

Concerto for harpsichord and small orchestra H246 (1935)

Hans KRASA (1899-1944)

Kammermusik for harpsichord and seven instruments (1936)

Viktor KALABIS (1923-2006)

Concerto for harpsichord and string orchestra, Op.42 (1975)

Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)

Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Alexander Liebreich

Instrument: harpsichord by Georg Zahl in Dachau (1971/2)

Recorded: 2021, Studio S1, Czech Radio, Prague

 

Martinu - Špalíček Suites Nos.1 and 2; Rhapsody - Concerto for Viola and Orchestra

Bohuslav MARTINŮ (1890-1959)

Spalícek, Movement: Suite No 1

Spalícek, Movement: Suite No 2

Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola and Orchestra

Mikhail Zemtsov (Viola)

Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

Neeme Järvi

The Art of the Modern Trumpet Vol.1 (Enescu, Hindemith, Honegger, Martinu, Ligeti, et al)

The Art of the Modern Trumpet Vol.1

Peter Maxwell DAVIES (1934-2016) 

Trumpet Sonata, Op. 1

George ENESCU (1881-1955) 

Légende

Paul HINDEMITH (1895-1963) 

Sonata for Trumpet and Piano

Arthur HONEGGER (1892-1955) 

Intrada for trumpet in C and piano

György LIGETI (1923–2006)

Mysteries of the Macabre

Bohuslav MARTINU (1890-1959)

Sonatina for Trumpet & Piano, H. 357

Christopher WILLIAMS (b.1986)

XX Mountains of Abstract Thought

Huw Morgan (trumpet) & Patricia Ulrich (piano)

Release Date: 12th Jul 2019

 

Martinu - Complete Symphonies (Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Bryden Thomson)

Bohuslav MARTINU (1890-1959)

Complete Symphonies

Symphony No. 1, H. 289

Symphony No. 5, H. 310

Symphony No. 2, H. 295

Symphony No. 6 ("Fantaisies Symphoniques"), H. 343

Symphony No. 3, H. 299

Symphony No. 4, H. 305

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Bryden Thomson

Recorded in the Caird Hall, Dundee on 17 & 19 April 1990 (1 & 5), and in the Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow on 20 & 21 August 1990 (2 & 6) and 6 & 7 September 1989 (3 & 4).

Bohuslav Martinu - Works for Cello and Piano Vol.2

Bohuslav MARTINU (1890-1959)

Works for Cello and Piano, Volume 2

Variations on a Theme of Rossini

Variations on a Slovakian Theme

Pastorales: Six Pieces for cello and piano

Nocturnes: Four Studies for cello with piano

Suite Miniatures: Seven Easy Pieces for cello and piano

Christian Benda (Cello)

Sebastian Benda (Piano)

Release Date: 07/2000

Bohuslav Martinu - Works for Cello and Piano Vol.1

Bohuslav MARTINU (1890-1959)

Works for cello and piano, Volume 1

Cello Sonata No. 1, H. 277

Cello Sonata No. 2, H. 286

Cello Sonata No. 3, H. 340

Ariette, H. 188b

Sept arabesques, H. 201a

Christian Benda (Cello)

Sebastian Benda (Piano)

Release Date: 10/1999

20th Century Foxtrots Vol.1 (Austria and Czechia) - Works by Martinu, Haba, Grosz, Krenek, Schulhoff and others

20TH CENTURY FOXTROTS VOL. 1

Austria and Czechia

Composers:

Julius BITTNER

Wilhelm GROSZ

Alois HABA

Ernst KRENEK

Bohuslav MARTINU

Franz MITTLER

Erwin SCHULHOFF

Jaromír WEINBERGER

Gottlieb Wallisch, piano

Bohuslav Martinu - Cello Concertos Nos.1 and 2

Bohuslav MARTINŮ (1890-1959)

Cello Concerto No. 1 (1930, 1939, 1955) 

Cello Concerto No. 2 (1945)

Concertino for cello, wind instruments and percussion (1924) 

Raphael Wallfisch (cello)

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Jiří Bĕlohlávek

rec. Spanish Hall, Prague Castle, 24-28 June 1991, DDD

 

Martinu - Piano Concertos Nos.2 and 4; Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca

Bohuslav MARTINU (1890-1959)

Overture, H. 34 (1953) 

Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 2, H. 237 (1934) 

Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca, H. 352 (1955) 

Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 4 Incantation, H. 358 (1956) 

Robert Kolinsky (piano)

Sinfonieorchester Basel

Vladimir Ashkenazy

rec. Musiksaal Stadtcasino Basel, 29-30 October 2005 (live), 23 January 2007.

Mladi - Works for Winds by Janácek, Martinu and Reicha

 Mladi - Works for Winds

 Anton REICHA
Bohuslav MARTINU
Leos JANACEK

Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet


Quintets (6) for Winds, Op. 88: no 2 in E flat major by Anton Reicha (1811-1817)

Sextet for Piano and Winds, H 174 by Bohuslav Martinu (1929)

Andante for Wind Quintet no 2 in F major by Anton Reicha (1819)

Andante for Wind Quintet no 1 in E flat major by Anton Reicha (1817)

Adagio for Wind Quintet in D minor by Anton Reicha (1817-1819)

March of the Bluebirds by Leos Janácek (1924)

Youth by Leos Janácek (1924)

Bohuslav Martinu - Violin Concertos 1 and 2

 Bohuslav MARTINŮ (1890-1959)

Violin Concerto No. 1 H226 (1933)
Violin Concerto No. 2 H293 (1943)

Thomas Albertus Irnberger (violin)
 Janáček Philharmonie Ostrava
Heiko Mathias Förster

rec. 2016/2018, Concert Hall of the City of Ostrava Cultural Centre, Ostrava, Czech Republic.

Bohuslav Martinu - The Complete String Quartets

Bohuslav MARTINU (1890-1959)

The Seven String Quartets - 

an integral recording by the Panocha Quartet (1979-82)

Bohuslav Martinu - The Epic of Gilgamesh

Bohuslav MARTINU (1890-1959)

The Epic of Gilgamesh 

Cantata for speaker, soloists, chorus & orchestra

Marcela Machotkova, soprano;Jiri Zahradnicek,tenor; Vaclav Zitek, baritone; Karel Prusa, bass; Otakar Brousek speaker

Czech Philharmonic Chorus

Prague Symphony Orchestra

Jiri Belohlavek conductor

Hartmann - Symphony No.1 and Works by Nono, Martinú and Schönberg

Symphony No. 1, 'Versuch eines Requiem'

 Karl Amadeus Hartmann

Performed by Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

with Cornelia Kallisch

Conducted by Ingo Metzmacher

Canti di vita e d'amore: sul ponte di Hiroshima

Luigi Nono

Performed by Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

with Sarah Leonard, Thomas Randle

Conducted by Ingo Metzmacher

A Survivor from Warsaw

Arnold Schoenberg

Performed by Bamberg Symphony Chorus Men's Voices, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

with Udo Samel

Conducted by Ingo Metzmacher

Memorial to Lidice

Bohuslav Martinu

Performed by Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

Conducted by Ingo Metzmacher 

Martinu - Complete Symphonies

Bohuslav MARTINU  (1890-1959)

The Six Symphonies (1942-1953)

Symphony No. 1 (1942) [37.22]
Symphony No. 2 (1943) [23.40]
Symphony No. 3 (1944) [28.36]
Symphony No. 4 (1945) [33.29]
Symphony No. 5 (1946) [29.48]
Symphony No. 6 Fantaisies Symphoniques (1953) [27.41]

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Václav Neumann

Bohuslav Martinu - Cello Sonatas

BOHUSLAV MARTINU (1890-1959)

Cello Sonata No.1

1-I-Poco Allegro
2-II-Lento
3-III-Allegro con Brio

Cello Sonata No.2

4-I-Allegro
5-II-LArgo
6-III-Allegro Comodo

Cello Sonata No.3

7-I-Poco Andante-Moderato
8-II- Andante
9-III-Allegro ma non Presto


JOSEF CHUCHRO (Cello)

JOSEF HALA (Piano)