Composer: Edwin York Bowen, John Ireland, James Francis Brown, William Alwyn, Eric Coates
Performer: Tasmin Little, Piers Lane
Number of Discs: 1
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Chandos
Release: 2020
Size: 1.16 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Edwin York Bowen:
Violin Sonata in E Minor, Op. 112
01. I. Maestoso con fuoco – Allegro commodo
02. II. Lento – Tempo poco lento
03. III. Finale. Allegro con fuoco
John Ireland:
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor
04. I. Allegro – Tranquillo – Tempo I
05. II. Poco lento quasi adagio
06. III. In tempo moderato – Con brio
James Francis Brown:
07. The Hart’s Grace
William Alwyn:
Violin Sonatina in C Major
08. I. Allegro e grazioso
09. II. Adagaio
10. III. Vivace
Eric Coates:
11. First Meeting (Version for Violin & Piano)
Tasmin Little and Piers Lane complete their three-album overview of British violin sonatas with works by York Bowen, John Ireland, William Alwyn, Eric Coates, and the world premiere recording of James Francis Brown’s The Hart’s Grace. Composed for the inaugural Hertfordshire Festival of Music, the work was premiered by Tasmin in Hertford in June 2016. The central premise of The Hart’s Grace is the emotional transformation experienced by a restless observer when encountering the almost magical, elusive freedom of the deer. John Ireland composed his Second Sonata between 1915 and 1917, dedicating it to Albert Sammons who gave the premiere. Alwyn’s Sonatina dates from 1933, whilst the Coates and Bowen pieces were both composed during the Second World War (1943 and 1945 respectively). Coates’s First Meeting was commissioned by Lionel Tertis and originally conceived for viola, but it was revised for violin for its publication (in 1943).