Composer: Vasilije Mokranjac
Performer: Ratimir Martinović
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Grand Piano
Catalogue: GP829-30
Release: 2019
Size: 382 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
01. Menuetto
02. Theme & 8 Variations
Sonata Romántica
03. I. Allegro
04. II. Marcia funebre. Lento
05. III. Tempo giusto
06. IV. Allegro con fuoco
07. Prelude, Dance & March
7 Etudes
08. No. 1, Presto con indolenza
09. No. 2, Andante
10. No. 3, Staccato
11. No. 4, Uguale
12. No. 5, Presto
13. No. 6, Quasi toccata. Presto possibile
14. No. 7, Presto ritmico
CD 02
6 Dances
01. No. 1, Moderato
02. No. 2, Presto
03. No. 3, Moderato
04. No. 4, Allegro
05. No. 5, Allegro giusto e molto ritmico
06. No. 6, Prestissimo
Piano Sonatina No. 1 in A Minor
07. I. Allegro, molto agitato – II. Adagio
08. III. Prestissimo – Allegro
Piano Sonatina No. 2 in C major
09. I. Allegro risoluto
10. II. Andante
11. III. Presto
12. IV. Allegro molto con brio
Piano Suite “Fragments”
13. I. Allegro
14. II. Andante ma non troppo
15. III. Presto, molto ritmico e articolato
16. IV. Lento quasi cantato
17. V. Prestissimo possibile
18. VI. Grave – Allegro robusto – Adagio
19. Piano Suite “Intimate Voices”
20. Piano Suite “Echoes”
21. 5 Préludes (1975)
22. Prélude No. 6 (1984)
Vasilije Mokranjac (1923-1984) belonged to a prominent Serbian musical dynasty. His great musical gifts combine with an unassertive and introverted nature to create a unique catalogue of often incredibly virtuoso piano music, recorded here for the first time in its entirety. From the first elegant Menuetto to the last Prélude written at the time of his tragic death, pianist Ratimir Martinović finds Mokranjac’s music ‘exceptionally profound and spiritually uplifting’.
Critically acclaimed pianist Ratimir Martinović occupies a special status among artists of his generation. Born in Kotor, Montenegro, Martinović studied under virtuoso Kemal Gekić at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad where he now serves as a professor of piano. He received his Master’s degree in 2002, and has performed at over 700 concerts with over 60 orchestras in prestigious international venues such as the Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, Shanghai Oriental Art Center, the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto, Seoul Arts Center and the Moscow International House of Music. Martinović is the founder and director of the KotorArt Festival in his hometown. Together with the Mokranjac family, Martinović is the founder and president of the Vasilije Mokranjac Foundation in Belgrade.
