Bohuslav Martinu: Duo No.1: Violin & Cello: Instrumental Work

After hearing the Boston Symphony Orchestra perform Martinu?s Symphony No. 1 in New York Mischa Elman commissioned the composer to write a Violin Concerto for him. Martinu thereupon composed his second Violin Concerto in 1943. That same year Elman played the solo part at the première with Sergei Koussevitzky conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra.This Piano reduction is based on the musical text of the first edition. The solo part has been revised by a leading Czech violinist and performer of Martinu?s music.Major Violin concerto of the 20th centuryNew Foreword by Martinuscholar Sandra Bergmannová (Cz/Eng/Ger)Performance material available for hire

Bohuslav Martinu's Seven Arabesques for Violin (or Cello) and Piano accompaniment. Includes Score and seperate parts for individual instruments.

An informative preface and critical commentary by Ales Brezina and Ivan Straus (Cz / Ger / Engl / Fr) - A new practical edition at the forefront of Martinu scholarship - All existing sources consulted.The String Quartet no. 6 by Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959) represents a distinct step on the journey which the composer characterised as his development from geometry to fantasy and for which the almost continuous use of the principle of developing variations restless harmonic development the pulsation of minute rhythmic values and inventive work with sound are characteristic.The quartet which was written in New York in the autumn of 1946 constitutes the beginning of the composer's later works in which moods freely overflow regardless of any predefined formal layout. The editors of the new edition (based on the composer's autograph) have carefully removed all of the problematic and somewhat arbitrary editorial intervention in the sole existing edition dating from 1950 (actually 1955).With its urtext edition of the 6th quartet Editio Bareneriter Praha has continued in its series of new publications of works by Bohuslav Martinu - quartets nos. 4 and 5 have already been published for this instrumental line-up.

Ballet pour six instruments (1927) - Édition critique de Christopher Hogwood-Bohuslav Martin (1890-1959) was a prolific Czech composer writing many large scale works. The composer moved to Paris in 1923 where he began experimenting in composing Ballets. La Revue De Cuisine was composed in 1927 and remains popular to this day. Incoporating many jazz characteristics La Revue De Cuisine is composed for Clarinet Bassoon Trumpet Violin Cello and Piano. Martin experiments with expressionism and the ballet has been described as ''pantomime-esque'' for its humorous depiction of kitchen utensils. As a varied substantial work Martin ''s La Revue De Cuisine isessential to the repertoire of any aspiring and enthusiastic ensemble of advanced musicians.

The Bohuslav Martinu Complete Edition III/1/5. Par MARTINU BOHUSLAV. “Incarnation” (1956), Bohuslav Martinu’s fourth piano concerto, follows an atypical two-movement structure. It was composed for Martinu’s friend Rudolf Firkušný, who played from a copy of the autograph until 1970, when the composition was first put into print. The next work, “Concerto in B flat major for Piano and Orchestra”, known under the name “Fantasia Concertante”, was to be Martinu’s very last concert work. The concerto in three movements, composed at the request of Swiss pianist Margrit Weber, is quite different from the previous work in terms of its compositional means. In this case, Martinu strongly influenced the edition of the work. The present volume of the Complete Edition of works by Bohuslav Martinu is based mainly on contemporary copies containing the composer’s own modifications. The edition presents numerous new findings about the genesis of both works./ Recueil / Orchestre