Various Composers - British Violin Sonatas Vol. 2 (Tasmin Little; Piers Lane)

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1. Frank Bridge - Violin Sonata in E flat major, H. 39: I. Allegro
2. Frank Bridge - Violin Sonata in E flat major, H. 39: II. Andante con espressione
3. John Ireland - Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor: I. Allegro leggiadro
4. John Ireland - Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor: II. Romance. In tempo sostenuto, quasi adagio
5. John Ireland - Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor: III. Rondo. Allegro sciolto assai
6. Arthur Bliss - Violin Sonata, F 192
7. Ralph Vaughan Williams - Two Pieces for Violin and Piano: I. Romance
8. Ralph Vaughan Williams - Two Pieces for Violin and Piano: II. Pastorale
9. William Lloyd Webber - The Gardens at Eastwell

Tasmin Little, violin

Piers Lane, piano

Date: 2016

Label: Chandos

https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%2010899

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Review

Two of the sonatas on this disc are unfinished; oh, what good music we don’t have! The ghost of Brahms hovers behind Frank Bridge’s early (1904) E flat major Sonata. There are two movements, the second completed by Paul Hindmarsh in 1996. Tasmin Little and Piers Lane launch gleefully into the first-movement Allegro, shaping its surging lines with full-toned vigour and bringing nicely turned melodic shaping to its passages of repose. There is a satisfyingly big finish. Little tenderly outlines the delicate Andante that follows and skips lightly through the scherzo at its centre.

The first movement of Ireland’s First Sonata ranges far in its eleven-minute span, with its many gear changes negotiated with purpose and poetic sensibility by Little. She brings a simple and touching vulnerability to the second-movement Romance, punctuated by dramatic outbursts. The final Rondo is lively and skittish.

Bliss started his F major Sonata in the trenches, abandoning it after the first movement. In this powerful performance Little and Lane show it to be a work of real emotional weight and complexity. Vaughan Williams’s two early pieces are thoughtful and beautiful. William Lloyd Webber’s short The Gardens at Eastwell, receiving its first recording, is a gentle, reflective delight. The recorded sound is warm and full.

-- Tim Homfray, The Strad

More reviews:
https://www.wtju.net/15603-2/

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2016/May/British_violin_v2_CHAN10899.htm

https://www.amazon.com/British-Violin-Sonatas-Tasmin-Chandos/dp/B01DEAJ86O

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Tasmin Little (born 13 May 1965 in London) is an English classical violinist. She is best known and widely acclaimed as a concerto soloist, and also performs as a recitalist and chamber musician. Her first professional performance as a soloist was in 1988 with The Hallé. She made her first appearance at the BBC Proms in 1990, and has appeared regularly since. Little has been an exponent of the works of composer Frederick Delius throughout her career. She has released multiple albums, winning the Critics Award at the Classic Brit Awards in 2011 for her recording of Elgar's Violin Concerto.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmin_Little

http://www.tasminlittle.org.uk/

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Piers Lane (born 8 January 1958) is an Australian classical pianist. He graduated with a Medal of Excellence from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, where his teacher was Nancy Weir. Lane's performance career has taken him to more than 40 countries, including five times as a soloist at the BBC Proms. His concerto repertoire exceeds 75 works. Lane has an extensive discography on the Hyperion label and has also recorded for EMI, Decca, BMG, Lyrita and Unicorn-Kanchana. Lane is a well-known voice on BBC Radio 3, having written and presented more than 100 programs, including a 54-part series called The Piano.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piers_Lane

http://www.pierslane.com/

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