IDAGIO | Martinů: La revue de cuisine - Harpsichord Concerto - Chamber Music No. 1

Featuring

Klaus Simon
Robert Hill
Holst-Sinfonietta
Bohuslav Martinů

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Martinů's music often features a close connection to Czech folk music, making his work appear 'swinging' and frequently exuberant and dance-like.

Compositional Technique

Martinů's rhythms are sophisticated, displaying a charming tension between regular and irregular elements with continuous changes of metre.

Performer Biography

Robert Hill, the harpsichordist on this recording, is a professor of historical keyboard instruments at the Freiburg Musikhochschule and studied with Gustav Leonhardt.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Martinů's understanding of music was contrary to traditional Romanticism; he viewed music as a 'game with notes' rather than a subjective emotional declaration.

Composer Biography

Bohuslav Martinů, a Czech composer, was the son of a shoemaker and tower-watchman and received his first violin lessons from the tailor in his hometown.

Composer Biography

Martinů was expelled from the Prague Conservatory in 1910 due to inattentiveness and lack of interest, but still managed to obtain a diploma as a violin teacher in 1912.

Performer Biography

Klaus Simon, the conductor and pianist, founded and is the artistic director of the Holst-Sinfonietta and the Young Opera Company, both dedicated to 20th-century music.