Artist: Tamsin Waley-Cohen, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton
Album: Roy Harris & John Adams: Violin Concertos
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2016
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 01:02:20
Total Tracks: 7
Total Size: 1,18 GB

Tracklist:

01. Tamsin Waley-Cohen, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1949): I. Section One (08:45)
02. Tamsin Waley-Cohen, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1949): II. Section Two (09:53)
03. Tamsin Waley-Cohen, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1949): III. Section Three (06:05)
04. Tamsin Waley-Cohen, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1949): IV. Section Four (03:23)
05. Tamsin Waley-Cohen, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton – Concerto for Violin & Orchestra (1993): I. – (15:51)
06. Tamsin Waley-Cohen, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton – Concerto for Violin & Orchestra (1993): II. Chaconne: Body through which the dream flows (10:58)
07. Tamsin Waley-Cohen, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton – Concerto for Violin & Orchestra (1993): III. Toccare (07:22)

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Violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen continues her series of concerto recordings on Signum with two contrasting works by American composers.

Already considered by many to be a modern classic, John Adams 1993 Violin Concerto was described by the composer as having a ‘hypermelody’, in which the soloist plays longs phrases without stop for the duration of the 35 minute piece.

Although composed in 1949, the first performance of Roy Harris’ Violin Concerto didn’t occur until 1984. Since then it has been championed for its “luminous orchestration and exalted tone” and has been rarely recorded.

For this recording Tamsin Waley-Cohen is joined by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under American conductor Andrew Litton.