HISTORY

Senegal’s greatest living artist is back with a major album that subtly alternates between tradition and modernity.

BRAHMS - VIOLIN CONCERTO; DOUBLE CONCERTO

A popular coupling of works, featuring an unusual combination of instruments originally written for Joseph Joachim.

QUASI MORENDO

SALVATORE SCIARRINO, GÉRALD PESSON, JOHANNES BRAHMS

SAARIAHO - TRUE FIRE; CIEL D'HIVER; TRANS

World première recordings of three works by Saariaho featuring bass-baritone Gerald Finley and harpist Xavier de Maistre as soloists.

BARTÓK - THE WOODEN PRINCE; THE MIRACULOUS MANDARI

The Wooden Prince and The Miraculous Mandarin stand apart from the more abstract and often more explicitly folk-related character of the music that we primarily associate with the composer.

RUSSIAN MASQUERADE

PROKOFIEV, SCRIABIN, ARENSKY, TCHAIKOVSKY

SCHUMANN BY ARRANGEMENT (ARR. ANSSI KARTTUNEN)

Anssi Karttunen’s transcription for string trio brings a textural subtlety that enhances the unsuspected layers of meaning in Schumann’s modest miniatures.