Robert Soetens (violin) Suzanne Roche (piano)
Sonata No. 2. Op. 45. Marcel Mihalovici
(first broadcast in this country)
Marcel Mihalovici, born in Bucharest in 1898, has lived for many years in Paris, where he was a pupil of Vincent d'Indy. His Violin Sonata No. 2 was written in 1954. The Sonatine by the contemporary
French composer and conductor Jean Marrinon was written as a test piece for competition at the Paris Conservatoire in 1951.