Bohuslav Martinů: Les rondes
Martinů’s Les rondes glides between second-hand bits of Harlem, memories of Moravia, and interwar Paris.
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Bohuslav Martinů: Symphony No. 1
Bohuslav Martinů didn’t appear to have any particular interest in writing a symphony until the Second World War, when he was forced to move to the United States and restart his career in a country where he was hardly known. A large commission from the Boston Symphony Orchestra was a good beginning.