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1917: Works for Violin & Piano
Claude Debussy - Jean Sibelius - Ottorino Respighi - Edward Elgar

1917: Works for Violin & Piano

Tamsin Waley-Cohen / Huw Watkins

Label: Signum Classics
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212037621
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Catalog number: SIGCD 376
Releasedate: 11-04-14
  •  This release offers a diverse programme of works that were all influenced in different ways by the era in which they were composed.
  • The works were concieved at four very different points in the composer’s lives: Debussy, at the end of his life; Respighi in the first flush of fame; Elgar, although not old, enjoying his last creative period; and Sibelius in his prime, composing prolifically.
  • Rising-star violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen is joined by the eminent pianist-composer Huw Watkins
'Rising-star violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen and pianist composer Huw Watkins present a diverse program of duo chamber works written as war was WWI was raging in Europe.
None of these four contrasting works specifically attempt to conjure up images of the conflict or memorialize it. Rather, these works are all conceived as absolute music, albeit, in the case of the Elgar and Debussy sonatas, imbued with a melancholy regret that may have been a reflection of those tragic four years.'