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Martinů, Foerster, Novák - Cello Concertos / Jiří Bárta – cello, Prague Philharmonia - conducted by Jakub Hrůša (2009)

Posted By: silvanan

Date: 1 Sep 2010 14:07:00

Martinů, Foerster, Novák - Cello Concertos / Jiří Bárta – cello, Prague Philharmonia - conducted by Jakub Hrůša (2009)

Jiri Barta, who for a number of years has been considered one of the finest cellists both at home and abroad, has certainly not chosen the three concertos on this CD at random. Bohuslav Martinu's first concerto, in the definitive 1955 version, is among the works Barta most cherishes and performs most frequently. At the same time, this opus bridges the imaginary space between the other compositions. Its first version originated in 1930, at the time when J. B. Foerster was completing his one and only cello concerto. This work of a composer with a Czech soul and European experience has its world premiere on this recording. From an entirely different world is Jan Novak's syncopated Capriccio, a piece with distinct jazz elements in which the solo instrument is accompanied by a big band. Novak, sharing with his teacher Martinu the fate of an emigre who would never again see his homeland, completed Capriccio a short time after Martinu, in the twilight of his life, gave his first concerto its definitive form. Capriccio too is released here for the first time on CD and features Jiri Barta accompanied by the best Czech chamber orchestra under its chief conductor, the rising star Jakub Hrusa.

EDITOR’S CHOICE

"Three delightful cello concertos, beautifully performed and recorded."

"Swinging" cello concertos aren’t exactly thick on the ground, which makes Jan Novák’s Capriccio (1958-59) a particular delight, what with its saucy clarinets and saxophones and its lightly percussive ostinatos. It starts like Twenties Show music, goes gently tiptoe for a 12-tone second movement then jives away happily for the closing Allegro, with "Lennie" and "Igor" never out of earshot for too long. Midway between the high jinks of Novák’s Capriccio and the more formal expressive qualities of Foerster’s Concerto comes the thrice-revised First Cello Concerto of Bohuslav Martinů, the successive versions having been premiered by none other than Cassadó, Fournier and Saldó (the version heard here, from 1956). Martinů’s characteristically offbeat rhythmic computations make their presence felt right from the dramatic opening bars but it is the work’s haunting melodic profile that most lingers in the memory, especially the first movement’s second subject (at 02:10) and the uplifting central Andante moderato, one of Martinů’s loveliest single movements. The Concerto is rounded off with a typically busy Allegro.
Josef Bohuslav Foerster’s Concerto of 1931 is the earliest of the works programmed, as well as the most intense and the most obviously rooted in tradition (think of, for example, Dvořák and Suk). The work’s heart is again its slow movement, where meaningful dialogue with other solo strings is so effective, the music often rather reminiscent of Chausson. I was amazed to learn that this is the work’s world premiere recording.
I’ve delayed mentioning Jiří Bárta simply because there’s hardly any need to: he plays with a worm, unselfconscious expressiveness that connects with all three works, and the Prague Philharmonia is with him every step of the way. The sound is excellent, the solo cello profile especially good.
Rob Cowan, Gramophone, Awards issue 2009

Tracks:

1. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 1, H. 196 00:27:25
1. Allegro moderato 00:08:59
2. Andante moderato 00:10:54
3. Allegro 00:07:25

2. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 143 00:20:11
1. Andante sostenuto a funeste 00:08:32
2. Moderato 00:04:12
3. Allegro ma non troppo (tre battute) 00:07:18

3. Capriccio for Cello and Small Orchestra 00:19:27
1. Allegro molto 00:04:57
2. Circulus incantatus.Andante 00:07:52
3. Allegro 00:06:32

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