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Sonata for Flute and Piano (H. 306)

By Martinů Bohuslav

B. Martinů: Sonata for Flute and Piano (original title: First Sonata for Flute and Piano) was written in 1945 in South Orleans, Cape Cod and dedicated to flutist George Laurent, the principal flute of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The Sonata was premiered in 1949 in New York by Lois Schaefer. The Sonata was written during Martinů’s exile years in US, during World War II, when he was away from occupied France. Even the initial title suggests that this is the first sonata for flute, Martinů never wrote another sonata for flute, even though he was very prolific composer who has composed overall more than 400 works.

Mathieu Dufour

Aleksandar Mazdar (piano), Analekta / Orchard

1. Allegro moderato

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Mathieu Dufour

Aleksandar Mazdar (piano), Analekta / Orchard

2. Adagio

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Mathieu Dufour

Aleksandar Mazdar (piano), Analekta / Orchard

3. Allegro poco moderato

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Peter-Lucas Graf

Bernd Glemser (piano), 1993, Claves Records

1. Allegro Moderato, 2. Adagio, 3. Allegro poco moderato

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Marina Piccinini

Ewa Kupiec (piano), 2001, Claves Records/ Orchard

1. Allegro moderato

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Marina Piccinini

Ewa Kupiec (piano), 2001, Claves Records/ Orchard

2. Adagio

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Marina Piccinini

Ewa Kupiec (piano), 2001, Claves Records/ Orchard

3. Allegro poco moderato

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Martinů Bohuslav

Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959) was a Czech composer and violinist who started his musical career as a violinist in the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. At the age of 33 he moved to Paris where he gradually developed his compositional style which can be described as neoclassicism. The most prolific period of composing was during his stay in the United States.
One of his characteristic features in his symphonies is a prominent part for piano. Martinů was very introvert person and there have been  assumptions that he had some sort of autistic disorder, most likely Asperger syndrome.