The young Dutch violinist leads a small refreshing chamber orchestra of ''friends'' (including brother Maarten Jansen on cello and her father, Jan Jansen, on harpsichord, as well as touring colleague oboist Ramon Ortega.)
The result is a modern Baroque treat, with energetic speeds but elegant finesse, and a sense of the warm camaraderie of all the musicians.
The two violin concertos are followed by a spectacular Concerto for Violin and Oboe No.3 (reconstructed) and two Sonatas for Harpsichord and Violin (Nos. 2 and 3).
Sweetest of sounds come from Jansen's Barrere Stradivarius that was made in 1727 in Cremona while Bach was living 965km away in Leipzig. And rich tones also come from Ortega, especially in the finale of the double concerto.
Highlights: Warm Bach sounds heard afresh.
Prize-winning french composer Laurent Petitgirard has been acclaimed for unusually powerful theatrical imagination.
His strikingly creative ballet score for Le Petit Prince was first performed at the Avignon Opera in May 2010. Petitgirard centres his score around a chorus, alternating instrumental sonorities to remarkable effect, and evoking the essence of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's text in its movement from dream to reality, and from mystery to innocence.
The music is a suite for mixed choir, clarinet, harp and percussion in 14 sections. Initially the Budapest Studio Choir and Honved Male Choir have the stage (singing many ''aahhhs''), but then the musicians from the Hungarian Symphony Orchestra, Budapest, join in and a world premiere recording is more interesting.
Highlight: Interesting new ballet music.
