Christina Åstrand (violin) Per Salo (piano) MAURICE RAVEL(1875-1937) Sonata for Violin and Piano (1923-1927) Allegretto Blues (moderato) Perpetuum mobile (allegro) ERNEST BLOCH (1880-1959) Poème mystique for Violin and Piano (1924) LEOS JANACEK (1854-1928) Sonata for Violin and Piano (1914) Con moto Ballada (con moto) Allegretto Adagio Wonderful new recordings of three violin sonatas that were all composed in the early part of the last century and that first saw the light of day in the period between the First and Second World Wars. The recordings are part of a sound and vision project, and included with the CD is a stunning DVD of the works as performed by Christina and Per in the much talked-about new Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra's Concert Hall, designed by renowned French architect Jean Nouvel. 'a composer could hardly ask for better advocacy than hers...Her playing has an alluring sweetness' Ronald E. Grames, Fanfare Magazine, on Åstrand's recording of Gade's Violin Concerto.