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Background: On this album, Jiri Bìlohlavek leads the Czech Philharmonic in a tribute to a composer on whose works he has been focusing for decades. He presents the composer's last two symphonies, both written during his post-war sojourn in America.

Symphony No.5 was finished in 1946 and reflects Martinù's doubt and disenchantment over developments in Czechoslovakia, the homeland to which he would never return.

His last symphony, dedicated to his friend Charles Munch, then conductor of the Boston Symphony, was written during the years 1951-1953. The wide-ranging and colourful orchestration of the 'Symphonic Fantasies', as Martinù himself titled it, marked a return to the symphonism and traditions of the late-Romantic music of the late 19th / early 20th centuries.

CATALOGUE NR: SU40072
RECORD LABEL: Supraphon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 14-Dec-2009

COMPOSER: Bohuslav Martinu
TRACKS: Symphony No.5 H310. Symphony No.6 Fantaisies symphoniques H343.
ORCHESTRA: Czech Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Jiri Belohlavek

- Apr-2010 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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