For his new concerto recording, Johannes Moser has selected three rarely heard 20th century concertos. This artist continues to thrill audiences around the world with his stunning virtuosity and creative programming. These are wonderful performances.

The music of Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu has remained on the outskirts of mainstream classical music, though he has become somewhat of a "cult figure" for a growing group of admirers. Throughout his career he would experiment with many different stylistic approaches, from Neo-Baroque stylings to jazz - both of which are heard in his delightful Cello Concerto.

Hindemith's 1940 Cello Concerto, on the other hand, is the third and last of his Cello Concertos, which revives the concept of the soloist as a hero that admirably suits the temperament of the instrument.

Honegger's single movement Cello Concerto, in contrast, is an amiable, urbanely lyrical work, with a distinct mixture of jazz - an influence that came both from Ravel and Gershwin.