마르티누: 교향곡 전집 (1~6번)
이르지 벨로흘라베크(지휘), BBC 심포니 오케스트라
체코 음악의 정통 계승자이자 원숙한 전성기에 도달한 거장 이르지 벨로흘라베크가 평생 동안 갈고 닦은 마르티누 교향곡 전곡을 들려준다. 2009~2010년에 걸쳐 BBC 심포니 오케스트라와 함께 실황으로 녹음한 이 전집은 이미 마르티누 교향곡의 명해석자로 정평을 얻고 있는 벨로흘라베크의 첫 번째 전집 녹음이라는 점에서도 대단히 중요한 기록인데, 인위적인 노력이라기보다는 거의 천부적인 친화감이라고까지 느껴지는 악곡에 대한 지휘자의 확고한 장악력, 그리고 마르티누 특유의 풍부하고 다채로운 오케스트레이션을 완벽하게 소화한 악단의 뛰어난 연주력이 돋보인다. 노이만의 뒤를 잇는 우리 시대의 명연!

Gramophone Magazine Disc of the Month - October 2011


The Times 15th July 2011 ****
“Magic always happens when Belohlávek conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Czech works...this set of Martinu’s six symphonies, taken from Barbican concerts last season, overflows with the same qualities that make the music so endearing: heart-warming ebullience, visionary fantasy, soaring passion, the most piquant orchestral colours.”


Financial Times 30th July 2011 ****
“You won’t find a more persuasive champion than Belohlávek, who has the music in his blood. His skill at unravelling Martinu’s rhythmic and textural knots – evidenced time and again in these live performances by the BBC Symphony Orchestra – is such that you immediately sense the stature of the music.”


The Daily Telegraph 4th August 2011
“Martin˚u’s symphonies tend to divide opinion and have not enjoyed anything like the same exposure as those of his Czech predecessor, Dvorak. But if anyone can find the key to their language, it is Jiří Bělohlávek...there is plenty of freshness, verve and expressive wisdom on this set.”


BBC Music Mgazine October 2011 ****
“The BBC Symphony Orchestra sounds consistently alert, nimble and alive to Martinu's distinct musical moods...Bělohlávek demonstrates total commitment and concentration and his players are with him at every turn, captured in sharp sound that reveals the workings of the music. And since when did the BBC SO's strings have such a chameleonic ability to twist and shade their collective mood? Impressive and charming.”


Classic FM October 2011 *****
“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 movements with an infectious bounce. Belohlavek's emotional engagement is always complete...and throughout the set, Belohlavek's grasp of the trajectory of the symphonic argument is at all times apparent.”


Gramophone October 2011
“Play them back to back and the inevitable risk is that they may all begin to sound too much alike, but such is Jiri Belohlavek's skill as a Martinu interpreter that the effect is still of impressive stylistic variety...In short, Belohlavek and the BBC SO are now my top recommendation for the Martinu symphonies”