Description

On both sides of the Carpathian Mountains, at the turn of the 20th century, the violin repertoire experienced ans exceptionally rich blossoming. In Bohemia, Antón Dvořák and, to a lesser extent Joseph Suk, wrote for this instrument works that were soon to become staples of the repertoire. Less famous than Dvořák, the Moravian composer Leoš Janáček has left the stamp of his personality – as engaging as it is unclassifiable – on the pages he wrote for this instrument. Meanwhile, on the other side of the mountain range, Karol Szymanowski was treading the paths of Richard Strauss and Scriabin, later evolving a personal language in which the violin was always to hold a privileged position.