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Jalbert, Bach, Part & Vasks

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Margaret Batjer on Jalbert, Bach, Part & Vasks
1 Jalbert: Violin Concerto (2017)) - I. Sou 14:25
2 II. Wi 11:58
3 Bach: Violin Concerto in A Minor BWV 1 /1 3:39
4 2 - 6:00
5 3 - 3:47
6 Arvo Part: Fratres 10:29
7 Peteris Vasks: Lonely Angel
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Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra - Jalbert, Bach, Pärt & Vasks - Jeffrey Kahane, Margaret Batjer, violin music for violin and orchestra   on BIS

Making their first appearance on BIS, Margaret Batjer and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) cross great  distances in both time and space in this programme of  concertante violin works. The disc opens with a Violin Concerto by the American composer Pierre Jalbert (b.  1967), whose music has been described as ‘rich in  instrumental colour and harmonically engaging.'

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