British Violin Sonatas Vol.3 Violin Piano Chandos

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British Violin Sonatas, Volume 3

YORK BOWEN

Sonata, Op.112 (1945)

20:11

in E minor • in e-Moll • en mi mineur

for Violin and Piano

To Peggy Radmall

Maestoso con fuoco - Allegro commodo -

8:46

Più vivo - Tempo tranquillo -

Lento - Tempo poco lento - Poco più andante - Poco più mosso - Tempo I

5:58

III

Finale. Allegro con fuoco - Animato - Tempo I

5:27

JOHN IRELAND

Sonata No.2 (1915-17)

25:07

in A minor • in a-Moll • en la mineur

for Violin and Piano

To Albert Sammons

Allegro - Tranquillo - Tempo I

8:56

Poco lento quasi adagio

9:26

III

In tempo moderato - Con brio - Più moto -

6:44

Tempo I - Con brio - Molto più moto - Con brio

JAMES FRANCIS BROWN

premiere recording

The Hart's Grace (2016)

6:55

for Piano and Violin

To Tom Hammond

Andante liberamente (quasi senza misura) -

WILLIAM ALWYN

Sonatina (1933)

11:16

for Violin and Piano

Allegro e grazioso

3:51

Adagio - Liberamente - A tempo

4:09

10.

III

Vivace - Poco meno mosso - Liberamente -

3:14

A tempo - Tranquillo - Liberamente - Tempo I

ERIC COATES

premiere recording in this version

11.

First Meeting (1941, revised 1943)

6:35

Souvenir for Violin and Piano

To Austin on his twenty-first birthday

Andante moderato - Più mosso - Allargando - Tempo I

Total time: 70:01

Winner of the Chamber category

BBC Music Magazine Awards 2021

“… These works are ideally suited to a player of Little’s character and commitment, and Piers Lane only adds to this intoxicating and often almost febrile mix. All of these choices offer much to show the talents of these musicians, for Little is a giving player with a a passionate style and an enquiring mind; the perfect foil lies in her choice of pianist, Piers Lane and hopefully together the two of them, with this excellent recording, can re-present this overlooked music to an appreciative public. Now, can Chandos please release all three volumes as a set?” *****

Brett Allen-Bayes – Limelight magazine.com.au – 27 July 2020

Performance ***** Recording ****

Martin Cotton – BBC Music magazine – August 2020

“…Little and Lane have compiled a fascinating programme for this fine release. Those of us who have followed this wonderful artist with enthusiasm and interest will feel a touch of sadness at this valediction, but also so much gratitude for so many and such splendid treasures.”

Michael Wilkinson – MusicWeb-International.com – 2 July 2020

“The much-loved violinist ends as she began, putting less familiar repertoire centre stage …” *****

Fiona Maddocks – The Observer – 16 May 2020

“… Tasmin Little & Piers Lane are a long-established duo of distinction and are in top form, making much of Bowen’s [Violin Sonata in E minor] white-hot outpouring in a first movement that is then countered by a reposeful Lento, the calm after the storm, before fire returns to ignite the Finale…”

Colin Anderson – ClassicalSource.com – 26 April 2020

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