A rich and extensive selection of violin sonatas written by French composers, mainly in the first half of the 20th century. The style develops from full blooded Romanticism of Franck, Saint-Saëns and Vieuxtemps, through the Impressionism of Debussy, Ravel and Roussel towards that typically French style, which is difficult to pigeonhole, of Fauré, Poulenc, Lekeu, and expressionists Milhaud and Jolivet, music brimming with charm, elegance, wit and joie de vivre. Performed by excellent violinists like Kristóf Baráti, Krysia Osostowicz, Mauro Tortorelli and pianists Klára Würtz, Angela Meluso, Susan Tomes and Matteo Fossi.