Album insights
Every summer since 1994, the Verbier Festival in Switzerland has been uniting established artists with emerging musicians for outstanding concerts, with a special focus on chamber music. In 2020, the festival is going virtual due to Covid-19, prompting the release of four exceptional live recordings from past years as digital albums by Deutsche Grammophon. One of these includes a captivating live recording of César Franck's only Piano Quintet featuring Marc-André Hamelin on piano and Joshua Bell on first violin at the Verbier Festival.