Chamber, Martinů (composer)
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Starting with motoric rhythmic energy, before turning to a more lyrical second theme, [No. 5] shows two faces of Martinů's composing personality. Both are beautifully and intensely conveyed... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th September 2025
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2025, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Winner - Chamber
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2025
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Martinu: The Complete Piano Trios
RecommendedRecorded at the Martínek Studio, Prague, between May 2015 and January 2016
Smetana Trio: Jitka Čechová (piano), Jiří Vodička (violin) & Jan Páleníček (cello)
it's already obvious that the music for piano trio performed here by the Smetana Trio is going straight on the shortlist for 2016. Martinu's chamber music reveals originality at every turn;... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2017, Chamber Winner
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2016, Disc of the month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Chamber Music
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The recording provides a fine balance between the instruments and as a whole these performances bring together affection and brilliance in persuasive readings that stand high in a strong field. —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2023, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Their way with the core repertoire here, the sonatas and variations, is mostly excellent. Outer movements are all well paced with genuine eloquence in the more reflective passages. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2025, Recording of the Week
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Maxim Rysanov plays Martinu
Maxim Rysanov (viola), Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin), Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin, Katya Apekisheva (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek
Rysanov, the tone of his 1780 Guadagnini viola a miraculous combination of dark vigour with the translucency of a viola d'amore, has the most idiomatic partner in Jiri Belohlavek conducting... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Bezaly & Brautigam: Masterworks for Flute and Piano
RecommendedSharon Bezaly (flute) & Ronald Brautigam (piano)
Sharon Bezaly is rarely less than impressive. Her well-constructed programmes are performed with a mixture of virtuosity and rich tone, making her name almost a guarantee of quality. Partnered... —
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Building a Library, November 2015, First Choice
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Ensemble Calliopée do the works proud… displaying a refinement of tone that this repertoire all too rarely receives. With exemplary sound from Alpha, this is a self-recommending issue and a... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th May 2009
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Though not all the works are memorable...this is a fascinating document...Overall more reflective than virtuosic, this disc allows Plowright to show off his superb command of texture and colour. —
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Honegger: Sonatina for Violin and Cello, H 80, etc.
Frank-Peter Zimmermann (violin) & Heinrich Schiff (cello)
The Honegger Sonatine… is despatched with splendid brio, and the off-the-wall recitatives in the last movement are hilarious. …they play the Ravel as a big work, with fierce accents and wide... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2006, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2006, Editor's Choice
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