Tasmin Little, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Edward Gardner - Szymanowski & Karłowicz: Violin Concertos (2017)

Tracklist
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01. Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35, M. 37: Vivace assai -
02. Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35, M. 37: Ancora poco meno-Tempo comodo -
03. Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35, M. 37: Vivace scherzando -
04. Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35, M. 37: Tempo comodo -
05. Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35, M. 37: Vivace
06. Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 61, M. 71: Moderato molto tranquillo -
07. Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 61, M. 71: Allegramente molto energico -
08. Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 61, M. 71: Andantino molto tranquillo -
09. Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 61, M. 71: Tempo I
10. Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 8: I. Allegro moderato
11. Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 8: II. Romance. Andante
12. Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 8: III. Finale. Vivace assai


This SACD recording brings together some of Chandos’ greatest artists in a spellbinding programme.

It follows performances that The Guardian described as ‘a thrilling show of ferocity and feistiness’, given by the same forces in January at the Barbican. After widely acclaimed recordings of Walton’s and Lutosławski’s violin concertos, Tasmin Little again joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner, in intensely expressive interpretations of the concertos by the Polish composers Karłowicz and Szymanowski.

All were written within the space of a generation (1902, 1916, and 1933), and yet they belong to quite different worlds. One was composed at a time of national occupation, another in the throes of wartime, and yet another at a time of national renewal. The first inhabits the lyrical tradition developed by Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky, the second escapes towards Debussy and the exoticism of Mediterranean influences, while the third is imbued with the folk culture of the Tatra Mountains.

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