Artist: Mari & Momo Kodama, Deborah & Sarah Nemtanu
Title: Martinu: Double Concertos for Violin & Piano
Year Of Release: 2018
Label: PentaTone
Genre: Classical
Quality: SACD / DSD 2.0; 5.1; Image (ISO)
Total Time: 01:02:37 min
Total Size: 2,88 Gb (+1%rec.)
Bohuslav Martinů’s distinctive musical voice, which infuses the great Czech tradition with modern idioms, is showcased in this captivating survey of his concertante works, performed by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille conducted by Lawrence Foster. The Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra is a lively and rhythmic tour de force. Breezily energetic and relentless, it is full of jazzy inflections and high speed fireworks, pausing only in the tranquillity of the slow movement for moments of serene calm. By contrast, the Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra is a warm, lyrical work in the Romantic tradition. With its intricate and interweaving solo lines, expansive melodies and dance-like syncopations it’s an engaging work of considerable charm which deserves a wider audience. The Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola and Orchestra is a dreamily nostalgic work whose simple melodies, radiant lyricism and soaring viola line make it one of the 20th century’s most performed viola concertos.
Bohuslav Martinu took naturally to the double-concerto format, with its various possibilities for exchange between the soloists, and he wrote quite a few of them. There are various recordings of the works recorded here, with the aptly titled Rhapsody-Concerto for viola and orchestra probably the most popular of the three. But the grouping here, with established duos in the two double concertos, is unique. All three of the concertos date from Martinu’s American period, with the Concerto for two pianos and orchestra the earliest one, from 1943. Naturally enough, this work is the edgiest, and it gets a high level of tension from pianists Mari and Momo Kodama. The other two works are richly lyrical within a neoclassic framework, an attractive combination. Sample the opening movement of the Concerto No. 2 for two violins and orchestra, H. 329, performed by the somewhat lesser-known Romanian-French sister duo of Sarah and Deborah Nemtanu, who add humor in unexpected places and have an apparent sibling rapport. The Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille has a lively alertness to what the soloists are doing, and the end result is a strong recording of works by this composer whose recorded catalog is still rather sparse.
Tracklist
Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra H329
Deborah & Sarah Nemtanu, Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille Conducted by Lawrence Foster
01. Poco allegro
02. Moderato – Allegro con brio – Vivo (Presto)
Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola and Orchestra H337
Magali Demesse, Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille Conducted by Lawrence Foster
03. Moderato
04. Molto adagio – Allegro – Andante
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra H292
Mari & Momo Kodama, Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille Conducted by Lawrence Foster
05. Allegro non troppo
06. Adagio
07. Allegro
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