Tasmin Little Plays Franck, Faure & Szymanowski Violin Piano Chandos

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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

Allegretto ben moderato

6:40

Allegro - Poco più lento - Tempo I (Allegro) - Poco più lento - Quasi presto

8:01

III

Recitativo - Fantasia

7:42

Allegretto poco mosso

6:06

GABRIEL FAURE

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

Allegro moderato - Molto tranquillo dolce

9:20

Andantino tranquillo e dolce - Scherzando - Tempo - [ ] - Tempo I

7:25

III

Finale. Allegro molto, quasi presto - Presto

5:01

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.

Notturno. Lento assai - Ancora meno mosso -

5:41

11.

Tarantella. Presto appassionato - Più mosso -

5:27

Total time: 76:47

Solo: Tasmin Little violin

Solo: Piers Lane piano

**** (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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