Bartók Sonatas for Violin and Piano

Written in 1921 and 1922 during the most radical period of his career, Bartók's violin sonatas sit closer in spirit to the Miraculous Mandarin than to anything folksy or pastoral.

Ábrahám and Borbély do not offer a softened entry point into that world. This is an engaged, sometimes bruising account that takes the music seriously on its own terms.