Label: Signum Classics
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212046821
Catalog number: SIGCD 468
Releasedate: 09-12-16
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212046821
Releasedate: 09-12-16
- first modern studio recording of Roy Harris's violin concerto
- for this recording Tamsin Waley-Cohen is joined by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under American conductor Andrew Litton
- for this recording Tamsin Waley-Cohen is joined by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under American conductor Andrew Litton
Tamsin Waley-Cohen continues her series of concerto recordings on this release with works by contrasting American composers. Already considered by many to be a mdoern classic, John Adams' Violin Concerto was described by the composer as having a 'hypermelody', in which the soloist plays long phrases without stop for the uration of the piece. Although composed in 1949, the first performance of Roy Harris's Violin Concerto didn't occur until 1984. Since then it has been championed for it's 'luminous orchestration and exalted tone.'
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1Concerto for Violin and OrchestraI.08:46
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2Concerto for Violin and OrchestraII.09:53
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3Concerto for Violin and OrchestraIII.06:05
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4Concerto for Violin and OrchestraIV.03:24
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5Concerto for Violin & OrchestraI.15:51
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6Concerto for Violin & OrchestraII. Chaconne: Body through which the dream flows10:58
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7Concerto for Violin & OrchestraIII. Toccare07:22