"played with the combination of grit and tenderness, passion and elusiveness"
"It is a rare joy to encounter Martinů’s different but complementary violin concertos on a single CD and an even rarer one to hear them played with the combination of grit and tenderness, passion and elusiveness that we get here.
Viennese violinist and prolific Gramola recording artist Thomas Albertus Irnberger gives us a properly agitato sound in the neo-Classical First Concerto’s opening movement and plenty of colours thereafter, finding mahogany depth and translucent swe