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MARTINU: Piano Music
Budget Periods: 20th Century
Composers: Bohuslav Martinu
Performers: Radoslav Kvapil
Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)
Piano Music
Czech Dances
Barova
Les Ritournelles
Okna (Windows
Quatre Mouvements
Skici (Esquisses)
Radoslav Kvapil - piano
| Track Listing | Time | MP3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Czech Dances (1926) | |||
| 1 | Stepping Round: Polka Tempo | 2:51 | |
| 2 | Stomp Dance - Allegro con brio | 3:03 | |
| 3 | Polka: Rubato Tempo di Polka | 2:45 | |
| Seven Czech Dances (1929-30) | |||
| 4 | No. 1 Moderato | 1:55 |  |
| 5 | No. 2 Allegro moderato | 1:49 | |
| 6 | No. 3 Allegro moderato | 1:59 | |
| 7 | No. 4 Moderato | 1:47 | |
| 8 | No. 5 Moderato | 1:37 | |
| 9 | No. 6 Moderato | 1:45 | |
| 10 | No. 7 Moderato | 1:32 | |
| Four Movements (1929) | |||
| 11 | No. 1 Poco moderato - Allegretto - Tempo I | 2:04 | |
| 12 | No. 2 Allegro - Poco largamente - Tempo I | 1:02 | |
| 13 | No. 3 Adagio | 2:26 | |
| 14 | No. 4 Allegro - Meno recitative cantabile | 1:47 | |
| Esquisses (1931) | |||
| 15 | 1. Allegretto | 2:07 | |
| 16 | 2. Poco allegro | 2:04 | |
| 17 | 3. Valse | 1:20 | |
| 18 | 4. Poco andantino | 3:02 | |
| 19 | 5. Allegro | 1:46 | |
| 20 | 6. Allegro | 1:51 | |
| Esquisses (1931) | |||
| 21 | 1. Poco allegretto | 1:09 | |
| 22 | 2. Poco allegro | 1:49 | |
| 23 | 3. Andante | 2:27 | |
| 24 | 4. Allegro | 1:11 | |
| 25 | 5. Andante | 2:23 | |
| 26 | 6. Poco allegro | 2:16 | |
| Ritornely (Les Ritournelles) (1933) | |||
| 27 | 1. Andante - Poco allegro | 1:31 | |
| 28 | 2. Andante moderato - Allegro moderato | 1:42 | |
| 29 | 3. Intermezzo No. 1: Andantino | 2:01 | |
| 30 | 4. Andante - Poco allegro | 1:59 | |
| 31 | 5. Intermezzo No. 2: Andante | 2:41 | |
| 32 | 6. Allegro vivo | 1:41 | |
| Okna do zahrady (Fenetre sur le jardin) (1938) | |||
| 33 | 1. Poco andante | 2:14 | |
| 34 | 2. Allegro moderato | 2:00 | |
| 35 | 3. Moderato | 2:29 | |
| 36 | 4. Allegretto | 1:36 | |
From the first of the Czech Dances to the first of the Windows is a fascinating indication of how far Martinu's style had developed in the interim...They are mostly miniatures, and some of them are slight, but there is scarcely a piece here without charm. Kvapil does not play them, however, as a mere bag of sweets...whenever Martinu gestures towards an eminent contemporary or recalls a dance rhythm from his homeland, Kvapil knows exactly what the reference is and where it would lead eventually...he plays these pieces like someone who knows their context in the whole of Marinu's huge output. Illuminating as well as entertaining, in short, and very naturally recorded.
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