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Martinů, Bohuslav (1890-1959)
Early Orchestral Works Vol. 3
Sinfonia Varsovia, Ian Hobson
Martinů: Ballade (after Böcklin’s picture Villa by the Sea)
Martinů: Dream of the Past
Martinů: Vanishing Midnight
This series of first-ever recordings of Martinů’s early orchestral works has already uncoveredmuch delightful music; this third release moves everything up a gear.
The symphonic triptych Vanishing Midnight (1922) will prove a revelation: a big-hearted work ofbreathtaking opulence and striking confidence.
Vanishing Midnight is as exquisitely lovely as it is powerful and dramatic – Martinů’s first truemasterpiece, but it is also his last full-on engagement with Impressionism
The two shorter works here – Ballade: Villa by the Sea and Dream of the Past – are colourful andatmospheric tone-poems, pieces of real substance and major discoveries in their own right.
March 2018
The 1922 symphonic tryptic Vanishing Midnight and two smaller works all receive their CD debuts. Lyrical and measured performances.
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