Igor Stravinsky: Violin Concerto In D / Bela Bartok: Rhapsodies 1 And 2 / Bohuslav Martinu: Suite Concertante / Meditation

Read more

Stravinsky, Bartók and Martinu were established international figures, travelling across Europe as well as the United States. With the onset of World War Two, all three composers would ultimately emigrate because of their rejection of fascism. In an age of political upheaval and cultural displacement, each of them found an individual approach to reinventing the language of tonal music, laying down roots in the west without abandoning their Eastern European identities.