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CÉSAR FRANCK
Sonata, M 8 (1886)
28:36
in A major • in A-Dur • en la majeur
for Piano and Violin
Dedicated to Eugène Ysaÿe
1.
I
Allegretto ben moderato
6:40
2.
II
Allegro - Poco più lento - Tempo I (Allegro) - Poco più lento - Quasi presto
8:01
3.
III
Recitativo - Fantasia
7:42
4.
IV
Allegretto poco mosso
6:06
GABRIEL FAURÉ
5.
Romance, Op.28 (1877)
7:09
in B flat major • in B-Dur • en si bémol majeur
for Violin and Piano
À Mademoiselle Arma Harkness
Andantino molto moderato - Più mosso
KAROL MACIEJ SZYMANOWSKI
Sonata, Op.9 (1904)
in D minor • in d-Moll • en ré mineur
for Violin and Piano
Bronislawowi Gromadzkiemu
6.
I
Allegro moderato - Molto tranquillo dolce
9:20
7.
II
Andantino tranquillo e dolce - Scherzando - Tempo - [ ] - Tempo I
7:25
8.
III
Finale. Allegro molto, quasi presto - Presto
5:01
9.
Romance, Op.23 (1910)
7:27
in D major • in D-Dur • en ré majeur
for Violin and Piano
À Monsieur Paul Kochanski
Lento assai, poco rubato (Espressivo) - [ ] -
Notturno e Tarantella, Op.28 (1915)
for Violin and Piano
A Monsieur Auguste Iwanski
10.
1
Notturno. Lento assai - Ancora meno mosso -
5:41
11.
2
Tarantella. Presto appassionato - Più mosso -
5:27
TT:: 76:47
Solo:Tasmin Little violin
Solo:Piers Lane piano
Notes
The indefatigable duo of Tasmin Little and Piers Lane returns with a unique recorded programme at the centre of which stand the violin sonatas of Szymanowski and Franck.
Their joined expert musicianship reveals the intimacy and magic of these passionate,late-romantic works. The album encompasses the folk-like yet technically demanding Romance, Violin Sonata, and Notturno e Tarantella by Szymanowski, here more inspired by the German and French romantic tradition than by his native Polish one, as well as Franck’s highly original Violin Sonata and Fauré’s Romance.
It follows a much-lauded set of Schubert’s complete works for violin and piano (Album of the Week in the Mail on Sunday), and also marks the eightieth anniversary of Szymanowski’s death. Tasmin Little will continue her tribute to the composer with a concerto album this autumn and with a series of concerts of his music, which will take her around the world.
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Reviews
"Tasmin Little and Piers Lane have been recording together for several years now, and they have produced a fine program here... The performance of Szymanowski's Violin Sonata is superb; the playing is full-blooded, dramatic, and intelligently paced... Chandos gives Little and Lane their usual excellent sound..."
Joseph Magil - American Record Guide - November/December 2017
“... A very fine recital worthy of your consideration.” Mark Novak
“... Little’s strong-minded recital with Lance deserves a strong recommendation for its blockbuster performances, for its vivid recorded sound, and for its cleverly interconnected program, as well as for the generosity of its timing. It’s a many-faceted and unanswerable challenge, and also a satisfying corrective, to the frequently all-too-unengaging sonata recital.." Robert Maxham
Fanfare - September/October 2017
**** (Excellent Album)
Claudio Bolzan - Musica magazine (Italy) - October 2017
“In their most recent recorded collaboration, Tasmin Little and Piers Lane deliver some of the finest French examples from the violin and piano repertoire, with a French-inspired Pole thrown in for good measure....” ****½
Andrew Aronowicz – Limelightmagazine.com.au – 21 July 2017
The Strad Recommends
“...A powerful, strongly performed recital from an outstanding duo ...”
Julian Haylock – The Strad – June 2017
Performance **** Recording *****
Martin Cotton - BBC Music Magazine - June 2017
“...These are wholesome, red-blooded performances, direct and deeply satisfying, with no lack of imagination ... Little’s rapport with the superb Piers Lane strikes home right from the sonata’s passionate opening. As a team they pull out whatever stops are necessary ... a fine balance of interpretative qualities and is much to be recommended...”
Rob Cowan – Gramophone magazine – May 2017
“... As the recordings are uniformly excellent, supporters of Little and Lane can feel free to invest, knowing that they have acquired five performances of quality. “ ****
Tully Potter – ClassicalSource.com – May 2017
“... The admirable British violinist Tasmin Little, impeccably partnered by the pianist Piers Lane, also explores Szymanowski on a fine recital recording that cannily places his music next to Franck’s celebrated Sonata in A and Fauré’s lovely Romance. How orderly, polite and restrained the latter two pieces sound when set against Szymanowski’s extraordinarily wild Notturno e Tarantella ... In the latter work, you feel the 22-year-old Pole slipping off the inherited shackles of French and German romanticism and finding his own voice and passion for the first time. Despite being not Polish, French or German, Little and Lane play it superbly.” ****
Richard Morrison – The Times – 28 April 2017
“...Little is one of the most open-hearted players around, with a watertight virtuosity to match. These are direct and generous performances to savour.” ****
Fiona Maddocks – The Guardian – 23 April 2017
“... César Franck’s Sonata, full of gorgeous tunes, receives a performance of passion and insight, it alone is worth the price of this disc. The earliest piece, Fauré’s Romance, has a suitably romantic sweep ... As do three interesting pieces by the Polish composer Szymanowski, including a Sonata and a Romance that are well worth getting to know ...” ****
David Mellor – The Mail on Sunday – 9 April 2017
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