Martinu Violin Concertos Nos.1, 2, Bartok Sonata for Solo Violin : Frank Peter Zimmermann(Vn)Jakub Hrusa / Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

Frank Peter Zimmermann, one of todays most highly regarded violinists, takes our breath away with this recording together with the Bamberger Symphoniker and their chief conductor Jakub Hrua 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 composers Violin Concerto No. 1. Bla Bartks Sonata for Solo Violin closes the album. Composed in 1944, only a year before Bartks death, it is a deeply personal statement which fuses the overall layout of Bachs solo violin sonatas with Hungarian folk tradition with results that are as fascinating to the listener as they are challenging to the performer.