Tasmin Little, John Lenehan – C. Schumann, D. E. Smyth & A. Beach: Works for Violin & Piano (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Tasmin Little, John Lenehan – C. Schumann, D. E. Smyth & A. Beach: Works for Violin & Piano (2019)
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Tasmin Little returns with a line-up of three women composers whose lives share some features but also significant differences that illustrate the complex lives of female musicians. Clara Schumann, Dame Ethel Smyth, and Amy Beach all came from families that encouraged their musical interests but balked, in varying degrees, at professional training and engagement. All three composers draw on the influence of Robert Schumann and Brahms; Beach and Smyth, in particular, were fond of metrical and motivic manipulation. Tasmin Little plays this music, so close to her heart, with her usual warmth and dexterity. The manuscript of Clara Schumann’s final chamber work, Three Romances, declares it ‘for piano and violin’, an ordering reflected in the relative complexity of the parts, the florid passagework here played beautifully by Little’s long-term collaborator, John Lenehan.

Tracklist:
01. Tasmin Little, John Lenehan – Violin Sonata in A Minor, Op. 34: I. Allegro moderato (09:11)
02. Tasmin Little, John Lenehan – Violin Sonata in A Minor, Op. 34: II. Scherzo. Molto vivace (04:23)
03. Tasmin Little, John Lenehan – Violin Sonata in A Minor, Op. 34: III. Largo con dolore (07:45)
04. Tasmin Little, John Lenehan – Violin Sonata in A Minor, Op. 34: IV. Allegro con fuoco (06:59)
05. Tasmin Little, John Lenehan – 3 Romances for Violin & Piano, Op. 22: No. 1 in D-Flat Major. Andante molto (02:53)
06. Tasmin Little, John Lenehan – 3 Romances for Violin & Piano, Op. 22: No. 2 in G Minor. Allegretto (02:21)
07. Tasmin Little, John Lenehan – 3 Romances for Violin & Piano, Op. 22: No. 3 in B-Flat Major. Leidenschaftlich schnell (03:41)
08. Tasmin Little, John Lenehan – Violin Sonata in A Minor, Op. 7: I. Allegro moderato (08:38)
09. Tasmin Little, John Lenehan – Violin Sonata in A Minor, Op. 7: II. Scherzo. Allegro grazioso (02:34)
10. Tasmin Little, John Lenehan – Violin Sonata in A Minor, Op. 7: III. Romanze. Andante grazioso (07:15)
11. Tasmin Little, John Lenehan – Violin Sonata in A Minor, Op. 7: IV. Finale. Allegro vivace (05:24)
12. Tasmin Little, John Lenehan – Romance for Violin & Piano in A Major, Op. 23 (06:19)
13. Tasmin Little, John Lenehan – Invocation, Op. 55 (03:54)

Personnel:
Tasmin Little, violin
John Lenehan, piano

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