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Bohuslav Martinu

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Martinu spent the 1920s and 30s in Paris, where he continued to compose while absorbing influences from jazz, tango, and other genres. This is the first installment in a series that brings together many of the stylish piano pieces he wrote during this period. The performance is by a pianist born in Prague who studied under masters such as Filkusny.Of Martins total compositional outputmore than 400 worksthe collection of pieces for solo piano accounts for a remarkable 80 works, far outnumbering his orchestral and chamber music compositions. This CD is the first volume of the Naxos Complete Works of Martin for Piano and primarily features works composed between 1920 and 1938, when Martin was based in Parisa major hub for various experimental musical techniques at the time. Martinus enthusiasm for expanding his compositional style is evident in the works included on this CD. These include Thre