Janácek, Dvorák & Suk: Works for Violin & Piano Tamsin Waley-Cohen & Huw Watkins

• Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904): Violin Sonata in F Major, Op. 57, B. 106:
• 1 I. Allegro, ma non troppo 11:05
• 2 II. Poco sostenuto 06:17
• 3 III. Allegro molto 05:45
• 4 Romantic Pieces, Op. 75, B. 150:
• 4 No. 1, Allegro moderato 03:29
• 5 No. 2, Allegro maestoso 02:36
• 6 No. 3, Allegro appassionato 02:24
• 7 No. 4, Larghetto 05:25
• Josef Suk (1874-1935): 4 Pieces, Op. 17:
• 8 No. 1, Quasi ballata. Andante sostenuto 05:39
• 9 No. 2, Appassionato. Vivace 04:21
• 10 No. 3, Un poco triste. Andante espressivo 04:23
• 11 No. 4, Burleska. Allegro vivace 03:29
• Leoš Janáček (1854-1928): Violin Sonata, JW VII/7:
• 12 I. Con moto 05:32
• 13 II. Ballada. Con moto 05:10
• 14 III. Allegretto 05:10
• 15 IV. Adagio 08:29
• Total Runtime 01:19:14

Info for Janácek, Dvorák & Suk: Works for Violin & Piano

Tamsin Waley Cohen is joined by pianist Huw Watkins for a new disc exploring folk-inspired Bohemia from before the First World War – featuring works by Antonin Dvorak, Josef Suk and Leoš Janacek. This release follows Tamsin’s recent critically-praised album of Roy Harris and John Adams’ Violin Concertos with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, as well as previous discs with Huw Watkins exploring some lesser-known gems of the violina and Piano repertoire. 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.

Tamsin Waley-Cohen, violine
Huw Watkins, piano

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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