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York Bowen: The Complete Works for Violin and Piano

10/13/2023, 19 Tracks, 1:56:50

Featuring

  • Chloë Hanslip
  • Danny Driver
  • York Bowen

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Composer's Artistic Vision

York Bowen's compositional style remained largely consistent throughout his career, inviting comparison to Nikolai Medtner, a Russian composer whose G minor Sonata, Op 22, was in Bowen's repertoire.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

York Bowen's music is known for its sheer fluency of movement and patterning, often excelling in finales with a 'toe-tapping, smile-inducing effect'.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The Phantasie in E minor Op 34 was commissioned by Walter Wilson Cobbett, a wealthy industrialist who instigated competitions for new chamber compositions with specific requirements, including the Greek spelling of 'phantasy'.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Danny Driver, the pianist on this album, first gained attention in the UK by winning both the Royal Over-Seas League Competition Keyboard Award and the BBC Radio 2 Young Musician of the Year Competition in 2001.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Chloë Hanslip, the violinist on this album, made her BBC Proms debut in 2002 and her US concerto debut in 2003, performing in major venues worldwide.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

York Bowen, the composer, was born Edwin Yorke Bowen, but dropped his baptismal name and the 'e' from 'Yorke' early in his career.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

York Bowen was an accomplished violist and horn player, even joining the regimental band of the Scots Guards as a horn player during the Great War.

Source: Booklet

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