Bohuslav Martinu: Cello Sonatas 1-3 - Janos Starker / Rudolf Firkusny
On this CD:
1. Sonata for cello & piano No. 1, H. 277
Composed by Bohuslav Martinu
Performed by Rudolf Firkusny, Janos Starker
2. Sonata for cello & piano No. 2, H. 286
Composed by Bohuslav Martinu
Performed by Rudolf Firkusny, Janos Starker
3. Sonata for cello & piano No. 3, H. 340
Composed by Bohuslav Martinu
Performed by Rudolf Firkusny, Janos Starker
Editorial Reviews
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Martinu's three cello sonatas represent the most distinguished contribution to the genre by a 20th-century composer. In fact, there are only two other groups of works that stand up in comparison with them, those by Beethoven and Brahms. Music for piano and a low pitched instrument like the cello is very difficult to write, because the keyboard very easily overwhelms the string player, particularly in the deeper registers. Martinu rose to the challenge with unfailing musical imagination and his usual impeccable technique. These are tuneful, appealing pieces with exciting, propulsive quick movements and hauntingly lyrical slow ones. Rudolf Firkusny and János Starker are simply unbeatable, and chamber music lovers should snap this up without delay. --David Hurwitz
Bohuslav Martinu: Cello Sonatas 1-3 - Janos Starker / Rudolf Firkusny, Music, Janos Starker, Bohuslav Martinu, Rudolf Firkusny, Cello with Keyboard, Chamber, Classical, Classical Music
Bohuslav Martinu: Cello Sonatas 1-3 - Janos Starker / Rudolf Firkusny
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