Bohuslav Martinu: The Complete Works for Cello and Piano

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August 29, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Bohuslav Martinu
    • PERFORMER
      Vilem Vlcek, Denis Linnik
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 29, 2025
    • UPC
      099925436421
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SU4364-2
    • LABEL
      Supraphon
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Poco allegro

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    2. II. Lento

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    3. III. Allegro con brio

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    4. Variations on a Theme of Rossini, H. 290

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    5. I. Allegro

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    6. II. Largo

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    7. III. Allegro commodo

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    8. I. Poco andante

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    9. II. Andante

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    10. III. Allegro (ma non Presto)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    11. Variations on a Slovak Folksong, H. 378

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    12. No. 1. Poco allegro

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    13. No. 2. Moderato

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    14. No. 3. Andante moderato

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    15. No. 4. Allegro

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    16. No. 5. Adagio

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    17. No. 6. Allegretto

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    18. No. 7. Allegretto moderato

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    19. I. Moderato

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    20. II. Poco andante

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    21. III. Poco moderato

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    22. IV. Andante

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    23. V. Poco allegro

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    24. VI. Allegretto

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    25. VII. Moderato

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    26. No. 1. Andante

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    27. No. 2. Allegretto moderato

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    28. No. 3. Adagio

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    29. No. 4. Moderato

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    30. No. 5. Largo

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    31. No. 6. Allegretto

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    32. Romance, H. 186bis (arr. for cello and piano)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    33. No. 1. Andantino moderato

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    34. No. 2. Lento

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    35. No. 3. Moderato

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    36. No. 4. Allegretto moderato

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik

    37. Ariette, H. 188b

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik


Bohuslav Martinu - a matter of the heart for Vilem Vlcek In 1910, when the director of the Prague Conservatoire expelled Martinu from the school because of his "incorrigible negligence", he assuredly had no idea the 20-year-old youth would become one of the most famous composers of the 20th century. Three years later, the young student sold his violin in Paris to be able to concentrate fully on composition. About his beginnings, the composer later declared that he was "simply unable to learn those things", and instead had to "come up with my own feeling somehow". Martinu devoted himself more to the cello than any other composer of his generation, writing both chamber works and concertos. The present recording of his complete works for cello and piano was made at the Musik Akademie Basel, just a few kilometres from Schonenberg, where Martinu spent the last years of his life. The works were mostly written for famous cellists who were often the composer's friends (Frank, Cassado, Fournier, Honegger, Piatigorsky, S�dlo etc.). He wrote five compositions in a lighter character in Paris between 1929 and 1931. The more serious works (three sonatas and two compositions in variation form) were written between 1939 and the end of the composer's life; the Variations on a Slovak Folk Song became his last chamber work, and in it one hears unmistakeably his yearning for the homeland to which he could not return. The young Vilem Vlcek has enjoyed success at competitions (victory at the Penderecki Cello Competition in Krakow, the 2023 Markneukirchen International Instrumental Competition, the 2022 Rahn Musikpreis etc.) and has worked with top orchestras (the Czech Philharmonic, the Prague Symphony Orchestra, the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, the Basel Chamber Orchestra etc.), but above all, what wins over listeners is the expressive depth of his playing, inspired on this recording by the musicianship of the wonderful pianist Denis Linnik.