Soli Tamsin Waley-Cohen

• Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
• 1I. Tempo di ciaccona14:12
• 2II. Fuga: Risoluto, non troppo vivo05:00
• 3III. Melodia: Adagio08:36
• 4IV. Presto06:09
• George Benjamin (1960): 3 Miniatures:
• 5No. 1. A Lullaby for Lalit03:52
• 6No. 2. A Canon for Sally02:29
• 7No. 3. Lauer Lied03:16
• Krzysztof Penderecki (1933):
• 8Cadenza (version for violin)10:05
• Elliott Carter (1908-2012): 4 Lauds:
• 9No. 1. Statement: Remembering Aaron04:09
• 104 Lauds: No. 3. Rhapsodic Musings03:36
• György Kurtág (1926):
• 11In Nomine - all'ongherese (Damjanich emlekko)05:45
• 12Anziksz Kellerannanak (Postcard to Anna Keller)00:31
• 13Hommage a John Cage - Faltering words01:53
• 14In memoriam Blum Thomas02:38
• 15…feerie d'automne…02:26
• 16Hommage a J.S.B01:53
• Total Runtime01:16:30

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Furchtlose Intensität: Kein Geringerer als Ruggiero Ricci bezeichnete die junge britische Geigerin Tamsin Waley-Cohen nach einem Meisterkurs als die außergewöhnlichste und begabteste junge Geigerin, die er je getroffen habe. Dem heiklen Wunderkind-Image mittlerweile entwachsen, haben sich die Versprechen tatsächlich eingelöst. Von der britischen Zeitung The Guardian als ,Geigerin mit furchtloser Intensität bezeichnet, ist sie prädestiniert, die heiklen technischen Anforderungen der hier eingespielten Stücke für Violine solo nicht nur mit Bravour zu meistern, sondern auch mit der ihr eigenen interpretatorischen Intensität anzureichern.

Tamsin Waley-Cohen, a violinist of fearless intensity (The Guardian), explores post-1944 solo repertoire, pushing the instrument to its limits. Bartók s Solo Sonata, an Everest of the violin repertoire, sits at the heart of this recording which also includes Penderecki s Cadenza, and miniatures by Carter, György Kurtág and George Benjamin.

„Waley-Cohen s devotion to her cause is palpable, and her interpretative flair likewise.“ (Paul Daniels, The Sunday Times)

Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Violine

Tamsin Waley-Cohen
Born in London in 1986, Tamsin Waley-Cohen enjoys an adventurous and varied career. In addition to concerts with the Royal Philharmonic, London Philharmonic and BBC orchestras, amongst others, she has been associate artist with the Orchestra of the Swan and works with conductors including Andrew Litton and Tamás Vásáry. She enjoys a duo partnership with Huw Watkins, whose Concertino she premiered, and together they have recorded for Champs Hill and Signum Records, for whom she is a Signum Classics Artist. With her sister, composer Freya Waley-Cohen, and architects Finbarr O’Dempsey and Andrew Skulina, she holds an Open Space residency at Aldeburgh. Her love of chamber music led her to start the Honeymead Festival, now in its ninth year, and she is also artistic director of the Sunday Series at London’s Tricycle Theatre. In 2016-2017 she will be a recipient of the ECHO Rising Stars Awards. She studied at the Royal College of Music and her teachers included Itzhak Rashkovsky, Ruggiero Ricci, and András Keller.

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