IDAGIO | Martinů: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin 7318599924571

Featuring

Frank Peter Zimmermann
Jakub Hrůša
Bamberger Symphoniker
Bohuslav Martinů
Béla Bartók

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Composer Biography

Béla Bartók, a Hungarian composer, fled war-torn Europe for the USA, arriving in October 1940, a few months before Bohuslav Martinů.

Composition History

Both Bohuslav Martinů and Béla Bartók wrote two violin concertos, but for decades it was believed they had only composed one each.

Composition History

Martinů's First Violin Concerto was commissioned by American violinist Samuel Dushkin, who also commissioned Igor Stravinsky's Violin Concerto.

Notable Performances

The belated first performance of Martinů's First Violin Concerto took place on October 25, 1973, conducted by Georg Solti with violinist Josef Suk in Chicago.

Instruments

Frank Peter Zimmermann, the violinist on this recording, plays a 1711 Antonio Stradivarius violin named 'Lady Inchiquin', provided by the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen.

Composition History

Bartók's Sonata for Solo Violin was written for violinist Yehudi Menuhin in 1944, inspired by Menuhin's performance of Bach's unaccompanied C major Sonata.

Composition History

Martinů's First Violin Concerto was considered lost and incomplete for many years, with its complete manuscript only being rediscovered in 1961 among materials deposited in an archive.