Michael Foyle, Iain Burnside - Elgar, Adès & Walton: Music for Violin and Piano (2026) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Violin Sonata in E Minor, Op. 82: I. Allegro
02. Violin Sonata in E Minor, Op. 82: II. Romance. Andante
03. Violin Sonata in E Minor, Op. 82: III. Allegro, non troppo
04. Suite from The Tempest: I. Caliban, 'This island's mine' (Act 1 Scene 4)
05. Suite from The Tempest: II. Ariel, 'Full fathom five thy father lies' (Act 1 Scene 5)
06. Suite from The Tempest: III. Miranda, Aria & Quintet
07. Suite from The Tempest: IV. Caliban & Ariel, Free
08. Violin Sonata in A Minor: I. Allegro tranquillo
09. Violin Sonata in A Minor: IIa. Tema. Andante
10. Violin Sonata in A Minor: IIb. Poco più mosso
11. Violin Sonata in A Minor: IIc. Quasi improvvisando
12. Violin Sonata in A Minor: IId. Alla marcia molto vivace
13. Violin Sonata in A Minor: IIe. Allegro molto
14. Violin Sonata in A Minor: IIf. Allegretto con moto
15. Violin Sonata in A Minor: IIg. Scherzando
16. Violin Sonata in A Minor: IIh. Andante tranquillo
17. Violin Sonata in A Minor: IIi. Coda. Molto vivace
18. 2 Pieces, Op. 15: No. 1, Chanson de Nuit
19. 2 Pieces, Op. 15: No. 2, Chanson de Matin

Michael Foyle and Iain Burnside trace connections through three strikingly individual voices across more than a century, finding lyrical intensity, harmonic ambiguity and an instinct for drama that ranges from inward reflection to operatic confrontation. Elgar’s Violin Sonata – one of his late masterpieces – emerges here not as nostalgic farewell but as music of restless energy, shadowed by war, loss and private grief. Walton’s expansive, bittersweet Sonata combines fierce virtuosity with moments of disarming tenderness, while Thomas Adès’s Suite from The Tempest reimagines his opera in music of glittering theatricality, the violin writing encompassing the earthy growl of Caliban and Ariel’s airborne brilliance. Alongside these large-scale works, Elgar’s Chanson de Nuit and Chanson de Matin offer moments of luminous repose.