--- In belabartokclub@yahoogroups.com, andybak <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> I am a bit late to this discussion but I have always heard a small
> touch of Bartok in Martinu. Mainly the rhythmic drive and 'bite'.
Try
> the later symphonies...
>
> Oddly enough John Adam's Violin Concerto somehow reminds me of
> Bartok's although I doubt anyone else would agree with me there...


I quite agree on the Adams.One is in the prescence of totally
original writing in both cases.The Bartok 2nd and the Adams are musts
in any collection,certainly a lover of violin concerti,as is of
course the Bartok Viola Concerto.

Martinu is to my ear much more limited than Bartok.Rudolf Firkusny
has a single cd of Martinu piano music if one is looking for an
introduction.I do prefer Janacek.