Bartók: Divertimento for Strings, Sz. 113

‘The Nimbus recording is full of atmosphere……… characterized powerfully and slavonically and are strongly played with obvious idiomatic feeling.' (Penguin Guide) of Concerto for orchestra and The Miraculous Mandarin

Juno Award-winning ensemble Les Violons du Roy reveals its astonishing breadth with a new CD release, Bartók, under the baton of Associate Conductor Jean-Marie Zeitouni. Best known for interpretations of baroque and classical masterpieces, Les Violons tackle Bartók’s Divertimento, Romanian Folk Dances and Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta with conviction and verve.

Bartók’s music was deeply influenced by Hungarian, Slovakian and Romanian folk music. His Romanian Folk Dances, composed in 1915, have remained his most popular work. Premiered two decades later in 1937, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta is the culmination of Bartók’s long search to forge a language for art music that integrates the characteristics of the folk music of the countries of eastern Europe.

Les Violons du Roy are a Canadian national treasure. Their playing has been described as ‘Scintillating, sexy, electric, elegant, sensuous, risky, robust, just plain exciting and entertaining’ by the international press (ClassicsToday.com 10/10 – USA).

Classical music leads the way with the world’s first Blu-ray audio disc.

A two disc set - disc one plays on Blu-ray equipment, which includes the Sony play station 3, disc two is a standard Hybrid SACD which will play on standard cd players. This is a true Hi Fi lovers dream come true!

Disc 1 - Blu-ray Exclusive High Definition Music

- 2.0 LPCM 24BIT/192 kHz

- 5.1 LPCM 24BIT/192 kHz

- 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio 24BIT/192 kHz

- 5.1 Dolby True HD 24BIT/192 kHz

- 5.1 Dolby Digital 48kHz

Disc 2 - Hybrid Super Audio-CD (SACD) 5.1 SURROUND + STEREO produced in DXD (Digital eXtreme Definition)

This compact disc looks like a normal CD and plays on all standard players and computers.

- Ordinary CD (16 BIT / 44.1 kHz)

- 2.0 DSD (2.8224Mbit/s per channel)

- 5.1 DSD (2.8224Mbit/s per channel)

TrondheimSolistene (The Trondheim Soloists) is one of Norway’s most exciting young ensembles performing on the international stage and have just completed a tour of Asia with Anne-Sophie Mutter. This album features a selection of some of the finest and most technically challenging repertoire for string orchestra. Includes repertoire by Benjamin Britten, the Polish composer Grazyna Bacewicz, the Norwegian composer Terje Bjorklund as well as Bela Bartok’s seminal work for orchestra the Divertimento.

This release will be ‘Orchestral Disc of the Month’ in the September issue of Classic fm