Orchestral, Symphonies, Martinů (composer)
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Hrůša has an assured drive through the elusive symphonic structures, culminating in an incessantly hair-raising Sixth...It's a journey you'll want to follow in close succession. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th May 2026
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Record Review, 23rd May 2026, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2026, Orchestral Choice
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Belohlavek and the orchestra are superb in the first three symphonies. He captures Martinu's shimmering, luminous orchestral textures and invests the pervasive 'sprung' rhythms of the faster... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2011, Disc of the Month
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Building a Library, May 2016, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Winner - Orchestral
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Building a Library, September 2019, Recommended
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Special offer. Martinů: What Men Live By & Symphony No.1
RecommendedCzech Philharmonic, Jiří Bělohlávek
This sounds throughout, even in the numinous calling of the Lord which conjures up the composer’s familiar spooky vein, like Martinů lite…There’s a performance of the First Symphony, Bělohlávek’s... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th October 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Diapason d’Or, January 2019, Découverte
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Martinu: Symphony No. 1 & Double Concerto
Jaroslav Saroun (piano), Václav Mazacek (timpani)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jirí Belohlavek
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Building a Library, October 2009, First Choice
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Building a Library, January 2009, First Choice
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Bohuslav Martinů: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Sir Roger Norrington
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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the complex textures of the first movement [of the Fifth] are superbly delineated and the finale has thrilling immediacy... Belohlávek responds to [the Sixth's] disparate moods magnificently... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Orchestral
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Historical
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Special offer. Klaus Tennstedt conducts Brahms & Martinu
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Klaus Tennstedt
The 1976 performance [of the Brahms]...has its share of rough playing (the orchestra is no LPO) but as compensation the emotional temperature is higher than in any other Tennstedt recording... —
