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So, we get 'Autumn in Albania', with its strong Slavic inflections, followed by 'Tibetan
Winter', which features a Tibetan singing bowl. The seasonal cycle is completed by
'Indian Summer', which draws on Indian violin performance practice; and 'Spring in
Japan', in which the instrument takes on some of the qualities of Japan's national
instrument, the koto.

Recommended recording: Tasmin Little (violin) / BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Chandos).

Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No.1

When it comes to Prokofiev's two violin concertos, it's quite difficult to nominate one
over the other. Both are wonderfully dramatic, beautiful, and both rhythmically and
tonally adventurous as you'd expect from this composer. The Second has that
hypnotic middle movement: however, we'll take the First, for the first movement's
tangy harmonies and abrasive sul ponticello sections.