The three fine, substantial 20th c. works, and the brief 21st c. piece reflective of the program’s mission, all composed for violin and piano duo, offers an instrument-specific look into the musical world of the 1920s. • With the exception of Jacques-Alphonse De Zeegant (b. 1955), all the composers represented here – Bloch, Ravel and Enescu – were born during the final third of the 19th c. • The idea behind the selections on this new Ars Produktion recording presented by Stefan Tarara and Lora Vakova-Tarara is to make audible a cross-section of the many tone colors, contrasts and emotions of the era.