Rautavaara & Martinu: Piano Concertos No. 3

Eclectic, prolific and capable of composing in all genres, Bohuslav Martinu is nevertheless a composer who is difficult to categorise and the word that seems to best suit his music is ‘cosmopolitan’. The Piano Concerto No. 3 shares many features with the Romantic concerto and recalls both Brahms and Stravinsky. The concerto ends in a macabre dance and appears as a defiant, almost belligerent gesture. (BIS)