After two first recordings released by Zig-Zag Territories and Devoted To Ravel, Mussorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakov, Emmanuel Krivine and the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra devote this album to two emblematic works from the end of Bartók’s life: the Violin Concerto No.2, first Performed in 1939, and the Concerto for Orchestra, premiered in 1944.
These are absolutely Both major works in Bartók’s catalog and from this period in the history of music, and are, moreover, close to the universe of Emmanuel Krivine. For the Violin Concerto, it is Tedi Papavrami Who Was Invited by Both the Orchestra and by Zig-Zag Territories. Let us recall the astonishing recording That Tedi Papavrami Recently made of Eugène Ysaÿe’s violin sonatas full for this label.