Martinu - Symphonies Nos 1-6 | 
 enlarge | Creators: Bohuslav Martinu, Bryden Thomson, Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Label: Chandos
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 49155
Format: Box Set
Media: Audio CD
Running Time: 175
Discs: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.2 x 5 x 0.9
UPC: 095115131626
EAN: 0095115131626
ASIN: B0009F66PY
Release Date: May 9, 2005
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | I. Moderato-Poco Piu Mosso | | • | II. Scherzo. Allegro-Trio. Poco Moderato | | • | III. Largo | | • | IV. Allegro Non Troppo | | • | I. Adagio-Allegro | | • | II. Larghetto | | • | III. Lento-Allegro |
Disc 2
| • | I. Allegro Moderato | | • | II. Andante Moderato | | • | III. Poco Allegro | | • | IV. Allegro | | • | I. Lento-Andante Moderato-Allegro-Lento | | • | II. Poco Allegro | | • | III. Lento-Poco Vivo: Adagio-Allegro-Allegro Vivace-Lento |
Disc 3
| • | I. Allegro Poco Moderato | | • | II. Largo | | • | III. Allegro-Andante | | • | I. Poco Moderato | | • | II. Allegro Vivo-Trio. Moderato-Allegro Vivo | | • | III. Largo | | • | IV. Poco Allegro |
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Wonderful music, tremendous value, fine intepretation and recording July 5, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
At Amazon's discounted mid price these discs are not to be missed by anyone who knows the Martinu symphonies from other recordings as they are, overall, the best recorded and most cogently performed currently available. For those who don't know the works Thomson, the Scottish National Orchestra and Chandos provide a chance to experiment at a very reasonable cost. The icing on the cake is that they are so very fine as to be the recordings of choice - at whatever price.
An unexpected gem January 12, 2006
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
This has been my record find of the past few years. I've been raised on the Ancerl, Neumann and Belohlavek versions, all fine performances dead centre in the Czech tradition with Czech orchestras. Czech recordings too, at Supraphon studios or Prague Castle, venues with long reverberation times that give a thrilling sheen to the strings, but tend to mush the inner voices. Bryden Thomson and the Scottish National playing Martinu? Bax for sure, but not Martinu. Nevertheless, when these cds reappeared on the Chandos mid-price label I took the plunge, and a great move that turned out to be. Thomson and his orchestra bring out the singing beauty of these works, the rhythmic vitality, but far more than that. Inner voices are clear for the first time in my experience, and Thomson has a far clearer grasp of the architecture of these works than any of his predecessors. I have the 4th Symphony in five different versions going back to Turnovsky, and although each performance offers one or two details that outshine the others, overall Thomson's is by fair margin the best. The recording is good, if a little over-bright, in the Chandos tradition. Too bad the British music press, who tend to go overboard in their support of domestic performers, were a touch lukewarm in their original assessment of these recordings. Perhaps even more than his Bax cycle, they are the jewels of Thomson's musical legacy.
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