Pas de deux

Five significant 20th-century compositions for violin and cello. Works by Xenakis, Ravel and Honegger reflect thecomposers' French roots, while a diverse, forward-looking harmonic language contrasts with such traditional forms asthe sonata and passacaglia, the latter in Norwegian Johan Halvorsen's Passacaglia for Violin and Cello after GeorgFriedrich Handel; Austro-Czech composer Erwin Schulhoff's Duo for Violin and Cello completes the programme.Manuel Lipstein has already released his first solo album, Roots, on OehmsClassics.