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| ARTIST: | Bohuslav Martinu, Karel Ancerl, Josef Palenicek, Sona Cervena, Libuse Domaninska, Ladislav Mraz, Lubomir Havlak |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Supraphon |
| TYPE: | Classical, Orchestral & Symphonic |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| UPC: | 675754550820 |
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Customer Reviews of Martinu: Piano Concerto No. 3; Bouquet of Flowers
An outstanding Third Concerto This is the first of Supraphon's new Ancerl Gold edition to concentrate on one of Ancerl's conducting specialities--the music of Bohuslav Martinu. (As I write, one other disc contains The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca and The Parables, and the planned reissue of the 5th and 6th symphonies appears due in late 2004.)
First on this disc is the best recording I've heard of the Third Piano Concerto. This work--written during the transitional period between Martinu's neoclassical phase and his more rhapsodic late period--often comes off as rather unwieldy and structurally incoherent in performance: I don't even find it totally convincing in the hands of its dedicatee, Rudolf Firkusny. This recording is different, though, the underrated Josef Palenicek taking the work by the scruff of the neck and launching straight into a hyper-Romantic rendition, with outstanding support from Ancerl.
I have rather more reservations about the other work on the program, the 1937 cantata Bouquet of Flowers, based on Czech folk texts. This is a highly eclectic work for solo voices, choirs and orchestra, ranging from pounding rhythms to near-Socialist Realism to a highly kitschy section with children's voices. The performance here is excellent--in extremely good mono sound--but despite many inspired moments, I don't feel the work really comes off, and it remains no more than an interesting curiosity in Martinu's output.