Alpha is launching a collaboration with the Ensemble Intercontemporain and its new artistic director, composer-conductor Matthias Pintscher.

This new series will alternate 20th-century landmarks and new works, providing an opportunity to show to advantage the great quality of the EIC musicians in the major masterpieces of the last century and to discover scores by composers of the 21st century.

Contents:
CD 1 Belá Bartók
- Contrasts, Sz.111
Jérôme Comte (clarinet), Diego Tosi (violin), Sébastien Vichard (piano)

- Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, Sz.110
Gilles Durot (percussion), Samuel Favre (percussion), Dimitri Vassilakis (piano), Sébastien Vichard (piano)

CD 2 György Ligeti
- Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Hidéki Nagano (piano)

- Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
Pierre Strauch (cello)

- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Jeanne-Marie Conquer (violin)