This recording is the first in a series featuring the Orchestre de Paris and its Music Director Paavo Järvi. The programme offers three works by Henri Dutilleux, widely considered the most important French composer of the second half of the 20th century: Sur le même accord ‘Nocturne for violin and orchestra’, with violinist Christian Tetzlaff, the Symphony No.1 and Métaboles.

Paavo Järvi became the seventh Music Director of the Orchestre de Paris in 2010/11, following such eminent conductors as Daniel Barenboim, Sir Georg Solti, Herbert von Karajan and Charles Munch, who founded it in 1967. Järvi’s partnership with the Orchestra has resulted in many memorable performances at home, on tour and on disc.