Martinů: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin Frank Peter Zimmermann, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra & Jakub Hrůša

• Bohuslav Martinů (1890 - 1959): Violin Concerto No. 2, H. 293:
• 1 Violin Concerto No. 2, H. 293: I. Andante - Poco allegro 11:37
• 2 Violin Concerto No. 2, H. 293: II. Andante moderato 07:05
• 3 Violin Concerto No. 2, H. 293: III. Poco allegro 07:49
• 4 Violin Concerto No. 1, H. 226: I. Allegro moderato 09:36
• 5 Violin Concerto No. 1, H. 226: II. Andante 05:21
• 6 Violin Concerto No. 1, H. 226: III. Allegretto 07:39
• Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945): Sonata for Solo Violin, Sz. 117:
• 7 Sonata for Solo Violin, Sz. 117: I. Tempo di ciaccona 08:58
• 8 Sonata for Solo Violin, Sz. 117: II. Fuga. Risoluto, non troppo vivo 04:13
• 9 Sonata for Solo Violin, Sz. 117: III. Melodia. Adagio 06:20
• 10 Sonata for Solo Violin, Sz. 117: IV. Presto 04:31
• Total Runtime 01:13:09

Info for Martinů: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin

Frank Peter Zimmermann, one of today’s most highly regarded violinists, takes our breath away with this recording together with the Bamberger Symphoniker and their chief conductor Jakub Hruša – one of the leading Martinu conductors of today. They start off by exploring the lyrical side of Bohuslav Martinu, offered in the Second Violin Concerto (1943), to dive into the neo-classical idiom championed by Stravinsky that informs the composer’s Violin Concerto No. 1. Béla Bartók’s Sonata for Solo Violin closes the album. Composed in 1944, only a year before Bartók’s death, it is a deeply personal statement which fuses the overall layout of Bach’s solo violin sonatas with Hungarian folk tradition with results that are as fascinating to the listener as they are challenging to the performer.

Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
Bamberger Symphoniker
Jakub Hruša, conductor

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