Martinu: Piano Quintets Nos. 1 & 2 / Sonata for 2 Violins and Piano
10/24/2007, 10 Tracks, 58:33
Featuring
Lubomír Havlák
Petr Maceček
Jan Jíša
Jitka Vlašánková
Karel Košárek
Petr Matěják
Martinů Quartet
Bohuslav Martinů
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Performer Biography
The Martinů Quartet's recording of Martinů's String Quartets, Vol. 2, won the 'Best Chamber/Solo Instrumental 20th Century' category at MIDEM in France in January 2004.
Composer Biography
Bohuslav Martinů, the composer, explored jazz and dance music extensively in his works during the 1920s in Paris.
Performer Biography
The Martinů Quartet, the string quartet on this album, changed its name in 1985 to honor the composer Bohuslav Martinů.
Composition History
Bohuslav Martinů's Second Piano Quintet was composed in 1944, during the war years he spent in and around New York.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Bohuslav Martinů, the composer, renewed his interest in the folklore and traditional music of his native Bohemia, then part of Czechoslovakia, during the period of his First Piano Quintet.
Performer Biography
Karel Košařek, the pianist on this album, has won several international piano competitions, including the Smetana Piano Competition in 1990 and the International Young Artist Competition in 1992.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Baroque stylisms and procedures were as important to Bohuslav Martinů, the composer, as those from the Classical era.
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