GEORGE ENESCU (1881-1955): Complete Works for Violin and Piano, Vol. 1 - Sonatas No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 6 and No. 3 in A Minor "Dans le caractère popularie roumain", Op. 25, Sonata in A Minor "Torso", Impromptu concertant.

Description: A useful budget-priced series begins with two sonatas so often recorded, it's unnecessary to say anything about them. Less often heard are the 14-minute Torso of 1911, on the way towards the harmonic expansion of Enescu's later works and the five-minute Impromptu, a raptly expressive test-piece from 1903. Axel Strauss (violin), Ilya Poletaev (piano).