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Composer:
Bohuslav Martinu

Artist(s):
Jiri Barta

Conductor:
Jakub Hrusa

Background: Jirí Bárta, who for a number of years has been considered one of the finest cellists both at home and abroad, has certainly not chosen the three concertos on this CD at random. 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 Jirí Bárta accompanied by the best Czech chamber orchestra under its chief conductor, the rising star Jakub Hrůša.

CATALOGUE NR: SU39892
RECORD LABEL: Supraphon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 27-Jul-2009

COMPOSER: Bohuslav Martinu  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Cello Concertos
TRACKS: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No.1 H196 (Martinu). Concerto for Cello and Orchestra op.143 (Josef Bohuslav Foerster). Capriccio for Cello and Small Orchestra (Jan Novak).
ORCHESTRA: Prague Philharmonia
CONDUCTOR: Jakub Hrusa
ARTISTS: Jiri Barta      

- Awards-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice '...superb, adroit performances of these concertos. Atmospheric and entirely absorbing.'

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