Frank Martin
Etudes for String Orchestra, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Maria Triptychon
NA086

Stuart Canin, violin; Sara Ganz, soprano; New Century Chamber Orchestra; Berkeley Symphony Orchestra

A first-rate performance: * * * *

--San Francisco Chronicle

Martin composed the Etudes for String Orchestra in 1955-56. The work was commissioned by Paul Sacher for the Basel Chamber Orchestra, and premiered on November 23, 1956. This striking work consists of a sharply profiled slow overture, followed by four etudes, each of which treats an important aspect of string performance.

Composed in 1950-51, Martin's Violin Concerto was first performed in the spring of 1952, when Joseph Szigeti played it with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande under Ernest Ansermet. The work assumes the traditoinal three-movement concerto form.

The creation of Maria Triptychon evolved through the friendship Martin shared with the soprano Irmgard Seefried and her husband, the violinist Wolfgang Schneiderhan. The work is a setting of three canticles: the Ave Maria, the Magnificat in Martin Luther's German translation, and the Stabat Mater.

You can practically smell the rosin and see it powdering off the bow.

--Fi Magazine

Track List

Etudes for String Orchestra
1. Ouverture 3:30
2. 1ere Etude Pour l'Enchainement Des Traits 2:28
3. 2eme Etude Pour le Pizzicato 3:04
4. 3eme Etude Pour l'Expression et le Sostenuto 3:25
5. 4eme Etude Pour le Jeu Fugue 6:15

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
6. Allegro Tranquillo 13:39
7. Andante Molto Moderato 9:07
8. Presto 7:13

Maria Triptychon
9. Ave Maria (Gegrusset Seist Du) Adagio 3:25
10. Magnificat (Meine Seele Erhebet Den Herrn) Andante Energico - Lento 9:15
11. Stabat Mater (Molto Lento) 5:39

Total: 67:06

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