Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1, 5 & 8 Tamsin Waley-Cohen & Huw Watkins

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op. 12 No. 1:
• 1 Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op. 12 No. 1: I. Allegro con brio 09:28
• 2 Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op. 12 No. 1: II. Tema con variazioni. Andante con moto 07:20
• 3 Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op. 12 No. 1: III. Rondo. Allegro 04:50
• Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 "Spring":
• 4 Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 "Spring": I. Allegro 00:08
• 5 Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 "Spring": II. Adagio molto espressivo 06:10
• 6 Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 "Spring": III. Scherzo. Allegro molto 01:08
• 7 Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 "Spring": IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo 07:10
• Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30 No. 3:
• 8 Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30 No. 3: I. Allegro assai 06:06
• 9 Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30 No. 3: II. Tempo di minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso 07:47
• 10 Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30 No. 3: III. Allegro vivace 03:32
• Total Runtime 53:39

Info for Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1, 5 & 8

Tamsin Waley-Cohen and Huw Watkins return with the start of a Beethoven Violin Sonata Cycle here recording the 1st, 5th and 8th sonatas. Gramophone Magazine said The heart gives a little leap at the prospect of...a duo as engaging and intelligent as Tamsin Waley-Cohen and Huw Watkins. This cycle is sure to be one of the highlights of Signums year, as well as of Beethoven 250. Beethovens twelve violin sonatas add up to a comprehensive exploration of the possibilities and potential of writing for the two instruments on equal terms possibilities that he was ideally placed to understand. The three sonatas on this recording are waypoints on a journey, crafted by a composer who was both violinist and pianist, and who never ceased exploring the practical possibilities of the instruments for which he wrote.

Tamsin Waley-Cohen, violin
Huw Watkins, piano

Tamsin Waley-Cohen
Born in London in 1986, Tamsin Waley-Cohen enjoys an adventurous and varied career. In addition to concerts with the Royal Philharmonic, London Philharmonic and BBC orchestras, amongst others, she has been associate artist with the Orchestra of the Swan and works with conductors including Andrew Litton and Tamás Vásáry. She enjoys a duo partnership with Huw Watkins, whose Concertino she premiered, and together they have recorded for Champs Hill and Signum Records, for whom she is a Signum Classics Artist. With her sister, composer Freya Waley-Cohen, and architects Finbarr O’Dempsey and Andrew Skulina, she holds an Open Space residency at Aldeburgh. Her love of chamber music led her to start the Honeymead Festival, now in its ninth year, and she is also artistic director of the Sunday Series at London’s Tricycle Theatre. In 2016-2017 she will be a recipient of the ECHO Rising Stars Awards. She studied at the Royal College of Music and her teachers included Itzhak Rashkovsky, Ruggiero Ricci, and András Keller.

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