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Works for Violin & Piano by Hahn & Szymanowski
Reynaldo Hahn

Tamsin Waley-Cohen

Works for Violin & Piano by Hahn & Szymanowski

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Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212043226
Catnr: SIGCD 432
Release date: 12 February 2016
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Label
Signum Classics
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0635212043226
Catalogue number
SIGCD 432
Release date
12 February 2016

"In plaatpaal Radio 4"

NPO Radio 4, 31-3-2016
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About the album

Violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen and pianist Huw Watkins continue their critically well-received duo partnership with a new recording of works by two fascinating, trailblazing early 20th c. composers from France and Poland respectively – Reynaldo Hahn and Karol Szymanowski. This is a second release from Waley-Cohen and Watkins on Signum, following last years 1917: Works for Violin & Piano by Elgar, Debussy, Respighi & Sibelius (SIGCD376): “Great playing from the very talented Tamsin Waley-Cohen. This really highlights the talent of the next generation of virtuosi.” (Classic FM) “... a wonderfully subtle, introspective and touching performance.” (The Guardian) Recommended Recording: The Strad.
Werken voor viool en piano van baanbrekende componisten
Tamsin Waley-Cohen en Huw Watkins zetten hun samenwerking als duo voort op dit album met werken van twee baanbrekende componisten uit respectievelijk Frankrijk en Polen: Reynaldo Hahn en Karol Szymanowski.

In de jaren '20 studeerde Hahn onder Jules Massenet aan het Conservatoire de Paris. Massenet moedigde hem sterk aan. Hahn schreef hierover: “Massenet legde nooit zijn eigen ideeën, voorkeuren of stijlen op aan zijn leerlingen. Integendeel, hij identificeerde zichzelf met elk van hen.” Massenet schreef op zijn beurt over Hahn: “hij is een man van de hoogst mogelijk verfijning, die het musiceren combineert met de kwaliteiten van een geleerde en een geletterde.” Hahn’s Vioolsonate is zijn grootste werk voor viool en piano. Onder de kortere werken voor deze combinatie zijn de Nocturne in Es uit 1906 en de Romance uit 1901, die beiden getuigen van Massenets perspectief op dit uitzonderlijk begaafde en verfijnde creatieve figuur.

Szymanowski componeerde zijn enige Vioolsonate 22 jaar eerder dan Hahn, in 1904, toen hij slechts 21 jaar oud was. Het werk bleef vijf jaar onuitgevoerd, maar werd uiteindelijk opgepakt door Paul Kochanski en Arthur Rubinstein. De zeer succesvolle première van de sonate speelde een belangrijke rol in de vastlegging van Szymanowski als een persoon van wie veel verwacht werd. Hij stelde deze verwachtingen niet teleur, en bleef trouw aan zijn interpreten.

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Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin)

British-American violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen is known for her visceral and deeply expressive performances in repertoire spanning six centuries. With musical storytelling central to her approach, she has gained a reputation for her “undeniably-fabulous playing” (Classical Source) and poetic performances that go straight to the heart. In addition to concerts with the Royal Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Hallé, Liverpool Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, Royal Northern Sinfonia and BBC orchestras, amongst others, she has twice been associate artist with the Orchestra of the Swan and worked with conductors including Andrew Litton, Vasily Petrenko, Ben Gernon, Ryan Bancroft and Tamás Vásáry. Her duo partners include James Baillieu, Huw Watkins, Cordelia Williams and George Fu. She is thrilled to be a Signum Classics Artist,...
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British-American violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen is known for her visceral and deeply expressive performances in repertoire spanning six centuries. With musical storytelling central to her approach, she has gained a reputation for her “undeniably-fabulous playing” (Classical Source) and poetic performances that go straight to the heart. In addition to concerts with the Royal Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Hallé, Liverpool Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, Royal Northern Sinfonia and BBC orchestras, amongst others, she has twice been associate artist with the Orchestra of the Swan and worked with conductors including Andrew Litton, Vasily Petrenko, Ben Gernon, Ryan Bancroft and Tamás Vásáry.

Her duo partners include James Baillieu, Huw Watkins, Cordelia Williams and George Fu. She is thrilled to be a Signum Classics Artist, for whom she has recorded over 10 albums to great critical acclaim “her interpretation is technically beyond reproach and musically imaginative” (Gramophone). With her sister, composer Freya Waley-Cohen, and architects Finbarr O’Dempsey and Andrew Skulina, she held an Open Space residency at Aldeburgh, culminating in the 2017 premiere of Permutations at the Aldeburgh Festival, an interactive performance artwork synthesising music and architecture. Her love of chamber music led her to start the Honeymead Festival, now in its 17th year, from which all proceeds go to support local charities.

Her interest in working with living composers and the music of today has led to premieres of works written for her by composers including Oliver Knussen, Huw Watkins, Dobrinka Tabakova, Freya Waley-Cohen, Richard Causton, Joseph Phibbs, Richard Blackford, and Deborah Pritchard amongst others. Upcoming projects include premiering new works by Erkki-Sven Tüür, Misha Mullov-Abbado and Gavin Higgins at festivals and venues including the Aldeburgh Festival, Lammermuir Festival, the Two Moors Festival and Wigmore Hall, as well as celebrating 40 years of Kurtag’s ‘Kafka Fragments’ with a number of performances with soprano Claire Booth. She will also be joining Manchester Camerata in September for a world premiere a new concerto by Nick Martin, inspired by the work of sculptor Dame Barbara Hepworth.

She was the UK recipient of the ECHO Rising Stars Awards, touring all the major concert halls of Europe. She has also toured Japan, China and New Zealand and made her North American New York, San Francisco and Washington debuts. She was a founding member of the Albion string quartet, and appeared regularly with them at venues including Wigmore Hall, Aldeburgh Festival, and the Concertgebouw.

She is Artistic Director of the Two Moors Festival and has previously been Artistic Director of the Music Series at the Tricycle Theatre, London, and the Bargello festival in Florence. She studied at the Royal College of Music and her teachers included Itzhak Rashkovsky, Ruggiero Ricci and András Keller.


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Huw Watkins (piano)

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In plaatpaal Radio 4
NPO Radio 4, 31-3-2016

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