New Album Releases: STRAVINSKY - VIOLIN CONCERTO; BARTOK: RHAPSODIES 1 & 2; MARTINU: SUITE CONCERTANTE; MEDITATION (Frank Peter Zimmermann, Jakub Hrůša)

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Artist:
Frank Peter Zimmermann
Jakub Hrůša

Genre:
Classical

Total Time:
69:08

Record Label:
Bis

Purchasing Links:
CD, Apple Music

Release Date
January 12, 2024




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Product Description: Stravinsky, Bartok and Martinu were established international figures when they wrote these works for violin, travelling across Europe as well as the United States. With the onset of World War Two, all three composers would ultimately emigrate because of their rejection of fascism. In an age of political upheaval and cultural displacement, each of them found an individual approach to reinventing the language of tonal music, laying down roots in the west without abandoning their Eastern European identities. While the Russian-born Stravinsky was experimenting with possibilities of modern violin technique in his concerto, Martinu took these efforts a step further in his Suite concertante by blending the sounds of his native Bohemia with the colours of French neo-classicism. In the Rhapsodies, Bartok turned to the folk music of Hungary and Romania. Frank Peter Zimmermann, joined here by the Bamberger Symphoniker and its conductor Jakub Hrusa, continues his exploration of the great violin works of the 20th century after his acclaimed recordings of works by Hindemith (BIS-2024), Shostakovich (BIS-2247) as well as Martinu and Bartok (BIS-2457), a recording unanimously acclaimed by the critics, gaining a Diapason d’or and named ‘Concerto Choice’ by BBC Music Magazine, ‘Editor’s Choice’ by Gramophone and one of Classica’s ‘Chocs de l’annee’.

TRACK LIST:

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Violin Concerto in D

1 . I. Toccata Igor Stravinsky Jakub Hrůša / Frank Peter Zimmermann (05:36)

2 . II. Aria I Igor Stravinsky Jakub Hrůša / Frank Peter Zimmermann (04:05)

3 . III. Aria II Igor Stravinsky Jakub Hrůša / Frank Peter Zimmermann (05:25)

4 . IV. Capriccio Igor Stravinsky Jakub Hrůša / Frank Peter Zimmermann (06:02)


Rhapsody for violin & orchestra No. 1, BB 94b, Sz. 87

5 . I. Lassú Béla Bartók Jakub Hrůša / Frank Peter Zimmermann (04:32)

6 . II. Friss Béla Bartók Jakub Hrůša / Frank Peter Zimmermann (05:42)


Rhapsody No. 2 .for violin and orchestra BB 94b

7 . I. Lassú. Moderato Béla Bartók Jakub Hrůša / Frank Peter Zimmermann (04:02)

8 . II. Friss. Allegro moderato Béla Bartók Jakub Hrůša / Frank Peter Zimmermann (05:57)


Suite concertante for violin & orchestra, H276A

9 . I. Toccata Bohuslav Martinu Jakub Hrůša / Frank Peter Zimmermann (04:00)

10 . II. Aria Bohuslav Martinu Jakub Hrůša / Frank Peter Zimmermann (07:18)

11 . Scherzo Bohuslav Martinu Jakub Hrůša / Frank Peter Zimmermann (04:05)

12 . IV. Rondo Bohuslav Martinu Jakub Hrůša / Frank Peter Zimmermann (05:46)


Suite concertante for violin & orchestra, H276 .I

13 . Méditation Bohuslav Martinu Jakub Hrůša / Frank Peter Zimmermann (06:38)

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