Renowned violinist Tasmin Little returns to Chandos 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 close to her heart with her usual warmth and dexterity. The manuscript to Clara Schumann's final chamber work Three Romances states 'for piano and violin', an ordering reflected in the relative complexity of the parts, the florid passagework here played beautifully by long-term collaborator with Little, John Lenehan.

Tracklist:

Violin Sonata In A Minor, Op. 34: I. Allegro Moderato
Violin Sonata In A Minor, Op. 34: II. Scherzo. Molto Vivace
Violin Sonata In A Minor, Op. 34: III. Largo Con Dolore
Violin Sonata In A Minor, Op. 34: IV. Allegro Con Fuoco
3 Romances For Violin & Piano, Op. 22: No. 1 In D-Flat Major. Andante Molto
3 Romances For Violin & Piano, Op. 22: No. 2 In G Minor. Allegretto
3 Romances For Violin & Piano, Op. 22: No. 3 In B-Flat Major. Leidenschaftlich Schnell
Violin Sonata In A Minor, Op. 7: I. Allegro Moderato
Violin Sonata In A Minor, Op. 7: II. Scherzo. Allegro Grazioso
Violin Sonata In A Minor, Op. 7: III. Romanze. Andante Grazioso
Violin Sonata In A Minor, Op. 7: IV. Finale. Allegro Vivace
Romance For Violin & Piano In A Major, Op. 23
Invocation, Op. 55

UPC: 095115203026
Label: Chandos
Release Date: 2.1.19
Format: CD

Beach / Little / Schumann - Tasmin Little Plays Clara Schumann & Amy Beach (CD)