Special offer. Prism
Fenella Humphreys (violin)
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2024, Instrumental Choice
There are already more transcriptions of Bach’s D minor Toccata and Fugue BWV 565 than you can shake the proverbial stick at, but Humphreys’s version astutely curates more of Bach’s original...
Special offer. Prism
Fenella Humphreys (violin)
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Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2024, Instrumental Choice
There are already more transcriptions of Bach’s D minor Toccata and Fugue BWV 565 than you can shake the proverbial stick at, but Humphreys’s version astutely curates more of Bach’s original...
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Violinist Fenella Humphreys brings you a new album with Rubicon Classics after her 2023 BBC Magazine Premiere Award-winning album ‘Caprices’. Fenella brings a unique programme called ‘Prism’, which focuses on unaccompanied violin works. These consist of new works written by young British composers such as Michael Small, Bethan Morgan-Williams and Cheryl Frances-Hoad to more iconic contemporary works by British and American compoosers such as Caroline Shaw, Jessie Montgomery, George Walker and the wonderful Sir Peter Maxwell Davies!
The highlight of the album is Fenella’s new arrangement of J.S. Bach’s Toccata and Fugue BWV 565.
“This album grew out of a longing to keep performing music that I was gifted, arranged or first discovered during the spring of 2020.” – Fenella Humphreys
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Awards and reviews
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BBC Music MagazineJune 2024Instrumental Choice
June 2024
There are already more transcriptions of Bach’s D minor Toccata and Fugue BWV 565 than you can shake the proverbial stick at, but Humphreys’s version astutely curates more of Bach’s original than most...This is a hugely accomplished release, vibrantly performed arrangement, indeed the one you’re most likely to hear performed these days.
July 2024
Humphreys certainly knows how to spin multicoloured magic at the quietest end of the dynamic range, and how to harness silence...when each piece moves to the next with such an organic, spellholding flow, you’re missing out if you don’t listen end to end.
