Madeleine Mitchell: In Sunlight

Madeleine Mitchell: In SunlightRelease Date: 1 May 2005 Madeleine Mitchell's violin recital with renowned accompanist Andrew Ball ranges from the lyrical minimalism of Michael Nyman's On the Fiddle, and folk influenced pieces by Stephen Montague and Stuart Jones, to the strongly crafted Fantasia by Brian Elias, and the extraordinary effects of Nigel Osborne's solo violin piece, Taw Raw, which Mitchell premiered at the Huddersfield Festival in 2004. Madeleine Mitchell violin Andrew

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written for traditional string quartet

This introduction to the music of Rupert Bawden features his chamber opera The Sailor's Tale - a counterpart to Stravinsky's Soldier's Tale and written for the same forces - setting Kevin Crossley-Holland's libretto on the life and loves of Horatio Nelson

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The works on this disc

'Christian Tetzlaff is one of a number of violinists to have taken the Concerto into their repertory

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textures and timbres within music that explodes with ideas and events

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and was recorded in Vilnius

All works were recorded between 23-25 January 2001 at St Silas Church

'Music of utterly compelling beauty and sheer elemental force' The Independent