Martinu, Foerster, Novak - Cello Concertos
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Label: Supraphon
Cat No: SU39892
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 2nd August 2009
Contents
Artists
Jiri Barta (cello)Prague Philharmonia
Conductor
Jakub HrusaWorks
Cello Concerto, op.143Cello Concerto no.1, H196
Capriccio for cello and small orchestra
Artists
Jiri Barta (cello)Prague Philharmonia
Conductor
Jakub HrusaAbout
Bohuslav Martinů’s first concerto, in the definitive 1955 version, is among the works Bárta most cherishes and performs most frequently. At the same time, this opus bridges the imaginary space between the other compositions. Its first version originated in 1930, at the time when J B Foerster was completing his one and only cello concerto. This work of a composer with a Czech soul and European experience has its world premiere on this recording.
From an entirely different world is Jan Novák’s syncopated Capriccio, a piece with distinct jazz elements in which the solo instrument is accompanied by a big band. Novák, sharing with his teacher Martinů the fate of an émigré who would never again see his homeland, completed Capriccio a short time after Martinů, in the twilight of his life, gave his first concerto its definitive form. Capriccio, too, is released here for the first time on CD and features Jiří Bárta accompanied by the best Czech chamber orchestra under its chief conductor, the rising star Jakub Hrůša.
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