The CD of the Month for June, 2019 is a new recording by Wynton Marsalis. The Marketing material says the following:
INNOVATION: Fusing Classical, Jazz, Celtic influences and other musical traditions.
FIRST: first time Marsalis has written for classical violin.
LEGACY: an iconic new work renewing the rich US tradition of jazz-infused classical music stretching back to Bernstein and Gershwin.
PREMIERE: World Premiere Recording of these works.
COLLABORATION: Virtuoso classical violinist & Grammy Award-winning Jazz icon working together.
LIVE: Extensive world tour.
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We get to hear the Marsalis Violin Concerto, and also the “Fiddle Dance Suite” with violinist Nicola Benedetti.
Here is Ms. Benedetti, telling us about the Concerto’s first movement:
