Vaughan Williams & Grieg: Violin Sonatas
Charlie Siem (violin), Itamar Golan (piano)
Written in 1952 when Vaughan Williams turned 80, the Violin Sonata was his last completed piece of chamber music . Its opening ‘Fantasia’ movement is tricky to pin down temperamentally, but...
Vaughan Williams & Grieg: Violin Sonatas
Charlie Siem (violin), Itamar Golan (piano)
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Written in 1952 when Vaughan Williams turned 80, the Violin Sonata was his last completed piece of chamber music . Its opening ‘Fantasia’ movement is tricky to pin down temperamentally, but...
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His third album with Signum Records, internationally acclaimed violinist Charlie Siem is joined again by celebrated pianist Itamar Golan for their second recital album, performing works by Grieg and Vaughan Williams, including a transcription of ‘Solveig’s Song’ by Siem himself.
Charlie Siem is one of today’s foremost young violinists, with such a wide-ranging diversity of cross cultural appeal. Siem has appeared with many of the world’s finest orchestras and chamber ensembles, including: the Bergen Philharmonic, the Camerata Salzburg, the Czech National Symphony among many others.
For more than two decades, Itamar Golan has been partnering the most outstanding instrumentalists of our time. His work has brought him great critical acclaim, and he is one of the most sought after pianists of his generation, collaborating with Vadim Repin, Maxim Vengerov, Julian Rachlin, Mischa Maisky among many others.
Contents and tracklist
- Arr. for Violin and Piano by Charlie Siem
- Charlie Siem (violin), Itamar Golan (piano)
Awards and reviews
May 2023
Written in 1952 when Vaughan Williams turned 80, the Violin Sonata was his last completed piece of chamber music . Its opening ‘Fantasia’ movement is tricky to pin down temperamentally, but English violinist Charlie Siem rightly keeps the tempo edging forward, mixing rhapsodic tone with a sense of fresh, sometimes unsettling discovery.
April 2023
Charlie Siem and Itamar Golan team up for a commanding, grippingly communicative rendering of Vaughan Williams’s meaty and technically challenging Violin Sonata.
