British violinist Tasmin Little has specialized in neglected repertory, and the four works here, exactly half of which are sonatas, certainly fill the bill in that regard. All are British works from the second quarter of the 20th century, and all were swept aside by a self-serving modernism. The biggest find is the Suite for violin and piano, Op. 6, by a 21-year-old Benjamin Britten. It is identifiable as Britten but isn't much like anything else he wrote, with short character pieces such as a march, lullaby, and waltz ...
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British violinist Tasmin Little has specialized in neglected repertory, and the four works here, exactly half of which are sonatas, certainly fill the bill in that regard. All are British works from the second quarter of the 20th century, and all were swept aside by a self-serving modernism. The biggest find is the Suite for violin and piano, Op. 6, by a 21-year-old Benjamin Britten. It is identifiable as Britten but isn't much like anything else he wrote, with short character pieces such as a march, lullaby, and waltz stripped down to their essential elements in a sharp, witty way. It's delightful, and those vitally interested in the period may find the booklet notes worth the price by themselves: they recount how the aging Walton, irked by Britten's sudden success, turned a photo of Britten in a music shop upside down (they later became supportive friends). However, the late Violin Sonata of Walton, written for Yehudi Menuhin in the late 1940s after he loaned the composer money for cancer treatments...
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