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Bohuslav Martinu: The Complete Works for Cello and Piano

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Composer
Bohuslav Martinu
Artist
Vilem Vlcek, Denis Linnik
Format
CD
Label
Supraphon
Released
Aug 29, 2025
Catalog #
SU4364-2
UPC
099925436421

About

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, Sádlo 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.

Tracklist 37 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Poco allegro 05:44
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Poco allegro
    Duration
    05:44
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  3. 2 II. Lento 05:55
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Lento
    Duration
    05:55
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  4. 3 III. Allegro con brio 05:37
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    05:37
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  5. 4 Variations on a Theme of Rossini, H. 290 08:34
    Track
    4
    Title
    Variations on a Theme of Rossini, H. 290
    Duration
    08:34
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  6. 5 I. Allegro 07:49
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    07:49
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  7. 6 II. Largo 06:57
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Largo
    Duration
    06:57
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  8. 7 III. Allegro commodo 05:25
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Allegro commodo
    Duration
    05:25
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  9. 8 I. Poco andante 07:37
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Poco andante
    Duration
    07:37
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  10. 9 II. Andante 06:42
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    06:42
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  11. 10 III. Allegro (ma non Presto) 05:38
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Allegro (ma non Presto)
    Duration
    05:38
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  12. 11 Variations on a Slovak Folksong, H. 378 09:56
    Track
    11
    Title
    Variations on a Slovak Folksong, H. 378
    Duration
    09:56
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  13. Disc 2
  14. 1 No. 1. Poco allegro 01:41
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Poco allegro
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  15. 2 No. 2. Moderato 02:16
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Moderato
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  16. 3 No. 3. Andante moderato 02:22
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Andante moderato
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  17. 4 No. 4. Allegro 02:11
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. Allegro
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  18. 5 No. 5. Adagio 03:10
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. Adagio
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  19. 6 No. 6. Allegretto 01:33
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6. Allegretto
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  20. 7 No. 7. Allegretto moderato 01:44
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 7. Allegretto moderato
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  21. 8 I. Moderato 01:39
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Moderato
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  22. 9 II. Poco andante 02:09
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Poco andante
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  23. 10 III. Poco moderato 01:27
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Poco moderato
    Duration
    01:27
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  24. 11 IV. Andante 01:47
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. Andante
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  25. 12 V. Poco allegro 01:17
    Track
    12
    Title
    V. Poco allegro
    Duration
    01:17
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  26. 13 VI. Allegretto 01:22
    Track
    13
    Title
    VI. Allegretto
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  27. 14 VII. Moderato 01:42
    Track
    14
    Title
    VII. Moderato
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  28. 15 No. 1. Andante 05:21
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 1. Andante
    Duration
    05:21
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  29. 16 No. 2. Allegretto moderato 02:23
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 2. Allegretto moderato
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  30. 17 No. 3. Adagio 06:27
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 3. Adagio
    Duration
    06:27
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  31. 18 No. 4. Moderato 02:41
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 4. Moderato
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  32. 19 No. 5. Largo 05:26
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 5. Largo
    Duration
    05:26
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  33. 20 No. 6. Allegretto 03:29
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 6. Allegretto
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  34. 21 Romance, H. 186bis (arr. for cello and piano) 03:21
    Track
    21
    Title
    Romance, H. 186bis (arr. for cello and piano)
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  35. 22 No. 1. Andantino moderato 02:55
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 1. Andantino moderato
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  36. 23 No. 2. Lento 06:56
    Track
    23
    Title
    No. 2. Lento
    Duration
    06:56
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  37. 24 No. 3. Moderato 03:51
    Track
    24
    Title
    No. 3. Moderato
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  38. 25 No. 4. Allegretto moderato 02:12
    Track
    25
    Title
    No. 4. Allegretto moderato
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik
  39. 26 Ariette, H. 188b 01:52
    Track
    26
    Title
    Ariette, H. 188b
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Vilém Vlček, Denis Linnik