Christiane Jaccottet – Martin: Harpsichord Concerto (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 192 kHz]

Christiane Jaccottet – Martin: Harpsichord Concerto (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 192 kHz]

Swiss composer Frank Martin (1890–1974) wrote across all genres but is known for his works for an unusual instrument. Where his 1944 work, Petite symphonie concertante, uses the instrument in conjunction with harp and piano, his 1951–1952 work, Concerto for harpsichord and small orchestra, takes the instrument and pits it against a small orchestra. The instrument in question is the harpsichord. However, this is not the harpsichord of the 17th and 18th centuries, which died and vanished in the 19th century, but the new revival harpsichord of the 20th century.

Bronislaw Gimpel – Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47 (2022) [FLAC 24 bit, 192 kHz]

Bronislaw Gimpel – Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47 (2022) [FLAC 24 bit, 192 kHz]

Bronisław Gimpel was born in Lviv, part of Polish Galicia, now Lviv, Ukraine to a musical, Jewish family. His father Adolf (* 1875, † after 1937) was considered a gifted musician, violinist, clarinetist and pedagogue. His two older brothers Karol (also Karl) (* 1904, † 1942 in Bukhara) and Jakob (also Jakub) (* 1906 Lviv, † 1989 Los Angeles) became pianists, Jakob was also active as a film musician.