Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959): Kammermusik mit Viola

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Duos für Violine & Viola Nr. 1 & 2;Sonate für Viola & Klavier Nr. 1;Kammermusik Nr. 1 für Klarinette, Violine, Viola,
Cello, Harfe & Klavier

  • Artist: Yexander Besa, Bohuslav Matousek, Petra Besa, Ludmila Peterkova, Jan Talich, Jiri Barta, Jana Bouskova, Karel Kosarek
  • Label: Supraphon , DDD, 05/06
  • Order number: 5304224
  • Release date: 19.9.2008

Madrigale Nr. 1-3 (1947) (für Violine und Viola)

  1. 1 Nr. 1 Poco allegro - Poco vivo Start
  2. 2 Nr. 3 Allegro - Moderato - Tempo I - Allegro Start
  3. 3 Nr. 2 Poco andante - Andante moderato Start

Streichduos / Duos für Violine und Viola: Nr. 2 (H 331 (1950)

  1. 4 1. Satz: Allegro Start
  2. 5 2. Satz: Lento Start
  3. 6 3. Satz: Allegro (poco) Start

Violasonaten / Sonaten für Viola und Klavier: Nr. 1 (H 355 (1955))

  1. 7 1. Satz: Poco andante Start
  2. 8 2. Satz: Allegro non troppo Start

Kammermusik Nr. 1 H 376 (1959) (für Klarinette, Harfe und Klavierquartett)

  1. 9 1. Satz: Allegro moderato Start
  2. 10 2. Satz: Andante moderato Start
  3. 11 3. Satz: Poco allegro Start

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While Bohuslav Martinu dedicated himself to the violin and its brilliant tone from the very beginning of his oeuvre, the viola doesn't appear until his later years, (all of the pieces on this album dating from the period 1947-59). It is as if he found in the viola, with its dark timbres, its ability to be harsh and rhythmic as well as sweet and lyrical, an instrument to express his feelings and sufferings in the last part of his life. A Mozartian joy and temperament flash through the lyrical moods, nostalgia and "Czech" fervor of the folk-music motives, like reminders of his unbridled youth through memories of the homeland to which he was no longer able to return. The transparent structure of the Three Madrigals and Duet No. 2 gives way to the ardent song of the Sonata for Viola, while in the Chamber Music the viola is just a gossamer strand in the broad color palette of the combinations of all the instruments in the sextet. Violist Alexander Besa is an excellent soloist, chamber player and orchestral musician (Camerata Bern et al.) with a number of recordings and awards to his name. The album features, without exaggeration, the best Czech musicians of the younger generation. The lyrical viola, dark and brilliant, joyful and mournful in the later works of Bohuslav Martinu.

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