BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ (1890–1959)

 

Piano Concertos Nos. 3 and 5

 

Piano Concerto No. 3

Allegro

Andante poco moderato

Moderato –Allegro

 

Piano Concerto No. 5 in B flat major (Fantasia concertante)

Poco allegro risoluto

Poco andante

Poco allegro

 

Concertino for Piano and Orchestra

Allegro moderato (Comodo)

Lento

Allegro

 

Giorgio Koukl (piano)

 

Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra / Zlin Arthur Fagen

 

Martinu was an immensely prolific and varied composer with an impressive list of orchestral compositions including six symphonies and five piano concertos.

 

The three works for piano and orchestra on this disc span twenty years of the Czech composer’s peripatetic career, from the Concertino (Paris, 1938) to the Third Piano Concerto (New York, 1948) and the Fifth Piano Concerto (Schönenberg, Pratteln, Switzerland 1958).

 

Naxos 8572206