HINDEMITH: Fünf Stücke, Op. 44 No. 4

PROKOFIEV: Visions Fugitives, Op. 22 (Arr. Rudolf Barshai for string orchestra)

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

BARTÓK: Divertimento for Strings, Sz. 113

VIVALDI: Concerto in B minor for four violins & cello, Op. 3 No. 10 (from L'estro armonico) · Concerto in D major for four violins, Op. 3 No. 1 (from L'estro armonico)

Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai

• FIRST RELEASE ON CD A collection of music for strings, including the first complete appearance of a rare LP by the Moscow Chamber Orchestra and Rudolf Barshai of music by Bartók (one of the most invigorating “Divertimento” recordings ever made) and Vivaldi coupled with a selection of gleaming Visions Fugitives (arranged by Barshai from Prokofiev’s piano pieces) and the first appearance on CD of Hindemith’s languid Five Pieces, Op. 44 No. 4.