Tessa Lark
Fantasy
- Type CD
- Label First Hand Records
- UPC 5060216348186
- Catalog number FHR 086
- Release date 27 September 2019
About the album
Début album from one of America’s leading violinists
American violinist Tessa Lark has chosen a selection of some of her most cherished Fantasies and Rhapsodies for violin for her début solo album Fantasy.
Conjuring up a world of make believe and freedom, the musical form of Fantasy (Fantasia, Fantasie, Fantaisie, Phantasie, Phantasy, Fancy – call it what you will) has been with us for centuries, way before the earliest work in Tessa Lark’s recital, although she brings us right up-to-date with the form with her own Appalachian Fantasy from 2016. From Telemann to Lark we cover four centuries of fantasies, with four geographical stop-offs: Hamburg, Vienna, 1500 miles (2400 kms) of eastern North America and Hungary (courtesy of its gypsy traditions) by way of Paris.
A budding superstar in the classical realm, multi-award winning violinist Tessa Lark has been consistently praised by critics and audiences for her astounding range of sounds, technical agility, and musical elegance.
Silver Medalist in the 2014 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, recipient of a 2018 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship and a 2016 Avery Fisher Career Grant, and winner of the 2012 Naumburg International Violin Competition, Tessa is also a highly acclaimed fiddler in the tradition of her native Kentucky, delighting audiences with programming that includes Appalachian and bluegrass music and inspiring composers to write for her.
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11Fantasie No. 1 in B flat major Largo. Allegro. Grave. Allegro
07:51 -
12Fantasie in C major, D. 934 Andante molto. Allegretto. Andantino. Tempo primo. Allegro vivace. Allegretto. Presto
25:22 -
13Appalachan Fantasy
04:15 -
14Fantasie No. 4 in D major Vivace. Grave. Allegro
04:54 -
15Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta Tempo moderato e rubato. Andante con moto. Maestoso e poco più lento. Più presto
08:52 -
16Fantasie No. 5 in A major Allegro. Presto. Allegro. Presto. Andante. Allegro
05:03 -
17Tzigane Portando. Quasi cadenza. Moderato. Allegro. Un poco più moderato. Tempo primo. Allegro. Tempo primo. Allegro. Meno vivo Grandioso. Moderato. Vivo. Meno vivo. Sempre accelerando. Presto
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