Nicolas Bacri, born in Paris in 1961, has developed a substantial body of work over three decades, often ignored by the contemporary-music establishment.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Bacri considers melody the essence of all music, and the concerto the melodic genre par excellence, having composed some thirty concertante works since 1980.
Performer Biography
Lisa Batiashvili, a Georgian-born violinist, plays the 1709 Engleman Stradivarius, on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Bacri had the courage to write in a relatively traditional, tonal language even when musical politics favored modernist styles.
Compositional Technique
Bacri is unusual among French composers for his fondness for Sibelian thematic metamorphosis, a technique evident in the music on this disc.
Instruments
Riitta Pesola, the principal cellist of the Tapiola Sinfonietta, performs on an Italian Giovanni Grancino cello from 1698.
Performer Biography
Sharon Bezaly, a flutist described by The Times (UK) as 'God's gift to the flute,' plays a 24-carat gold flute custom-built for her by Muramatsu.
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