A Violin for All Seasons
Tasmin Little (violin & conductor)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2016, Editor's Choice
Although Tamsin Little isn’t a Baroque specialist there is some influence from historically informed performance: rubato is used discreetly, and vibrato, although more present than might be...
A Violin for All Seasons
Tasmin Little (violin & conductor)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2016, Editor's Choice
Although Tamsin Little isn’t a Baroque specialist there is some influence from historically informed performance: rubato is used discreetly, and vibrato, although more present than might be...
About
Encapsulating the voluptuous sound of the BBC SO’s strings, Tasmin Little is both the soloist and conductor in this unique coupling: Vivaldi’s ever-popular ‘Four Seasons’ meets Roxanna Panufnik’s Four World Seasons, the premiere recording of a set of highly inspirational pieces.
As a complete cycle, ‘The Four Seasons’ offers a set of vivid tableaux, imaginative, enticing, and wonderfully contrasted, with ample chance for the violin soloist to display technique, sensitivity, and colour. These are qualities that the British composer Roxanna Panufnik also sought for her own Seasons tribute, Four World Seasons, written for the violinist. Three of the pieces are dedicated to her, while the fourth, ‘Autumn in Albania’, is dedicated to the memory of Panufnik’s father, the Polish composer Sir Andrzej Panufnik, who, his daughter says, was born, loved, and died in autumn.
Contents and tracklist
- Tasmin Little, BBC Symphony Orchestra, David Wright
- Tasmin Little, BBC Symphony Orchestra, David Wright
- Tasmin Little, BBC Symphony Orchestra, David Wright
- Tasmin Little, BBC Symphony Orchestra, David Wright
- Tasmin Little, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Graham Bradshaw
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Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineDecember 2016Editor's Choice
Christmas 2016
Although Tamsin Little isn’t a Baroque specialist there is some influence from historically informed performance: rubato is used discreetly, and vibrato, although more present than might be expected from an ‘authentic’ performance, is subtly varied…these are engaging performances, captured in warm but detailed sound
December 2016
These are modern-instrument performances of Vivaldi with a big symphonic string section. And if you haven’t already run screaming for your Fabio Biondi or La Serenissima sets, you’re going to enjoy this disc a lot...No Kennedy-like deconstruction here: Little simply responds to the music with an open-eyed freshness and fantasy…she is lively and conversational, and conveys a vivid sense of character to her colleagues
16th January 2017
The two Seasons form a most attractive contrast and reflect well on all concerned.
1st November 2016
The addition of Roxanna Panufnik’s ‘World Seasons’ adds to the attraction of this modern-instrument recording of Vivaldi.
