Leutwyler/Leutwyler/Engeli - Hymne � la Beaut�: Works for Voice and Instruments

Hymne � la beaut�' brings together rarely heard gems of chamber music in delightful arrangements for voice, violin and piano, passionately performed by the aspiring and outstanding Swiss artists Sonja Leutwyler (mezzo soprano), Astrid Leutwyler (violin) and Benjamin Engeli (piano). This programme of discoveries features captivating works by Louis Spohr, Johannes Brahms, Charles Ives, Camille Saint-Sa�ns, Felix Petyrek, Czes?aw Marek and Ottorino Respighi. On a special commission for this CD, the Swiss composer Martin Wettstein has composed the piece 'Hymne � la beaut� (hymn to beauty)' for mezzo soprano, violin and piano after a poem by Charles Baudelaire.