Hyperion Records
Martinu: Chamber Music
CDD22039
(Originally issued on CDA66084, CDA66133)
Dyad (2 CDs for the price of 1)

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Recording details: Various dates
Various recording venues
Produced by Various producers
Engineered by Various engineers
Release date: April 1998
Total duration: 119 minutes 7 seconds
Available for download on iTunes: Yes

'First-class performances and superb recording. An indispensable issue for lovers of Martinu's music' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

'A delightful record, first class performances and superb recording. An indispensable issue' (The Penguin Stereo Record Guide)

'Martinu's fluent brand of neo-classicism takes flight in an indispensable (and inexpensive) double-CD set' (Tower@classical music)

Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)
Chamber Music
The Dartington Ensemble
Five Madrigal Stanzas
CD1
1
No 1: Moderato  [2:35]
2
No 2: Poco allegretto  [1:53]
3
No 3: Andante moderato  [3:15]
4
No 4: Scherzando, poco allegro  [1:39]
5
No 5: Poco allegro  [1:47]
Four Madrigals
6
No 1: Allegro moderato  [3:59]
7
No 2: Lento  [4:02]
8
No 3: Poco allegretto – Trio. Allegro  [5:09]
9
No 4: Poco allegro  [5:32]
Three Madrigals
10
No 1: Poco allegro – Poco vivo  [4:36]
11
No 2: Poco andante – Andante moderato  [6:00]
12
No 3: Allegro – Moderato – Tempo 1 – Allegro  [6:14]
Madrigal Sonata
13
Movement 1: Poco allegro  [3:51]
14
Movement 2: Moderato – Allegro – Tempo 1 – Allegro  [6:16]
Nonet
CD2
1
Movement 1: Poco allegro  [5:15]
2
Movement 2: Andante  [6:06]
3
Movement 3: Allegretto  [5:35]
Trio in F
4
Movement 1: Poco allegretto  [4:29]
5
Movement 2: Adagio  [5:58]
6
Movement 3: Andante – Allegretto scherzando  [7:41]
Sonatina for two violins and piano
7
Movement 1: Allegro  [2:23]
Krysia Osostowicz (violin), Ernst Kovacic (violin), Susan Tomes (piano)
8
Movement 2: Andante  [4:22]
Krysia Osostowicz (violin), Ernst Kovacic (violin), Susan Tomes (piano)
9
Movement 3: Allegretto  [3:09]
Krysia Osostowicz (violin), Ernst Kovacic (violin), Susan Tomes (piano)
10
Movement 4: Poco allegro  [2:46]
Krysia Osostowicz (violin), Ernst Kovacic (violin), Susan Tomes (piano)
La Revue de Cuisine
11
Movement 1: Prologue. Allegretto. Marche  [4:02]
12
Movement 2: Tango. Lento  [4:11]
13
Movement 3: Charleston. Poco a poco allegro  [2:53]
14
Movement 4: Finale. Tempo di marcia  [3:29]
These two CDs present some of Martinu’s most attractive chamber music, and include all the instrumental pieces to which he appended the word ‘madrigal’ in the title, from the five delightful Madrigal Stanzas which he wrote for Albert Einstein to play, to the dazzling Three Madrigals for violin and viola.