If you were trying to get a single disc to see if you like Bohuslav Martinu, try this one. If you were trying to get a single work to see if you like Bohuslav Martinu, try the final work on this disc. Because if Martinu's solemn, sorrowful, and sublime Memorial to Lidice as performed by Karel Ancerl leading the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra doesn't do it for you, nothing ever will. This is not to say that Ancerl and the CPO's recordings of Martinu's Fifth and Sixth symphonies are not both the most compelling recordings of ...
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If you were trying to get a single disc to see if you like Bohuslav Martinu, try this one. If you were trying to get a single work to see if you like Bohuslav Martinu, try the final work on this disc. Because if Martinu's solemn, sorrowful, and sublime Memorial to Lidice as performed by Karel Ancerl leading the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra doesn't do it for you, nothing ever will. This is not to say that Ancerl and the CPO's recordings of Martinu's Fifth and Sixth symphonies are not both the most compelling recordings of either piece ever made, they are. And this is not to say that Martinu's gloriously lyrical Symphony No. 5 and his gorgeously mysterious Symphony No. 6 are not the twin peaks of his symphonic art, they are. But the Memorial to Lidice, Martinu's heartfelt response to the Nazi's razing of the village of Lidice, is in another class altogether. Stark, solemn, and sublime, the Memorial to Lidice is arguably Martinu's masterpiece and while its gravitas is unlike most of Martinu's light and...
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