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This CD release pays tribute to Bohuslav Martinu on the 50th anniversary of his death in 2009.
Star conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, who conducts the Sinfonieorchester Basel on this disc, is known as a great champion of Czech music; this release follows on the great success of his acclaimed recording of Suk’s Asrael Symphony (Gramophone Editor’s Choice 5/09; Classic FM Disc of the Month 3/09)
These recordings of Second and Fourth Piano Concertos feature acclaimed pianist and Martinu expert Robert Kolinsky as soloist.
The Fourth Concerto, subtitled ‘Incantation’ (“Enchantment”), has been called by US journalist David Hurwitz, “one of the [20th] century’s most exciting and unusual scores for piano and orchestra.”
Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca remains one of Martinu’s most performed works. The highly impressionist orchestral trilogy draws its inspiration from one of Martinu’s own visit to the church of San Francesco in Arezzo in 1954.
This recording was produced in association with the International B. Martinu Festival in Basel, Switzerland
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