Bel Canto: Tamestit & Tiberghien: Voice of the Viola

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Tiberghien's nimble accompaniments are always a joy, but even a peek from Tamestit's viola throws them in the shade. Down in the depths, Tamestit's notes have the gruff tones of a hungry bear.... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 27th Feb 2017
Catalogue No: HMM902277
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 65 minutes

Vieuxtemps: Viola Sonata in B flat, Op. 36

Work length22:12

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Antoine Tamestit, Cédric Tiberghien

I. Maestoso - Allegro

Track length11:37

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II. Barcarolla. Andante con moto

Track length6:30

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III. Finale scherzando. Allegretto

Track length4:05

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Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment, Act I, Scene 11: Air de Marie "Il faut partir" (Arr. for Piano & Viola)

Work length5:54

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Antoine Tamestit, Cédric Tiberghien

Vieuxtemps: Elegie in F Minor, Op. 30

Work length6:47

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Antoine Tamestit, Cédric Tiberghien

Donizetti: La Favorita, Act III, Scene 4: Air de Léonore "Ô mon Fernand" (Arr. for Piano & Viola)

Work length3:40

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Antoine Tamestit, Cédric Tiberghien

Mazas: Le Songe, Op. 92: Elégie sur un thème de La Favorite

Work length11:58

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Antoine Tamestit, Cédric Tiberghien

Ney: Prelude No. 15 for Solo Viola

Work length4:58

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Antoine Tamestit

Bellini: Norma, Act I, Scene 1: Air de Norma "Casta Diva" (Arr. for Piano & Viola)

Work length6:15

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Antoine Tamestit, Cédric Tiberghien

Vieuxtemps: Capriccio in C Minor, 'Hommage à Paganini,' Op. 55

Work length3:22

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Antoine Tamestit

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Going well beyond mere historical interest, this album unveils the charms of a repertoire that delighted Parisian concert halls and salons throughout the 19th century. It demonstrates how the viola finally emerged from the violin’s shadow thanks to virtuoso playing, now resuscitated by the talent of Antoine Tamestit and Cédric Tiberghien in pieces which offer much more than the exquisite languors of bel canto. Italian for 'beautiful singing' or 'beautiful song', the term remains vague and ambiguous but is commonly used to evoke a lost singing tradition; in this case the famed singing tone of Antoine Tamestit's viola, a 1672 Stradivarius, loaned by the Habisreutinger Foundation.

Born in Paris, Antoine Tamestit studied with Jesse Levine at Yale University and with Tabea Zimmermann. He has won several coveted prizes including the William Primrose Competition, first prize at the Young Concert Artists (YCAT) international auditions, a place on BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artists Scheme and a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award.

Antoine Tamestit’s distinguished discography includes Berlioz’s 'Harold en Italie', which was recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra and Valery Gergiev and released in 2015 by LSO Live. For Naïve he has recorded three of the Bach Suites, Hindemith solo and concertante works recorded with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and Paavo Järvi, and an earlier recording of 'Harold' with Marc Minkowski and Les Musicians du Louvre.

This particular diva is the viola; its servant is Antoine Tamestit, here making his first solo recording for harmonia mundi.

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August 2017

Tiberghien's nimble accompaniments are always a joy, but even a peek from Tamestit's viola throws them in the shade. Down in the depths, Tamestit's notes have the gruff tones of a hungry bear. Further up, they're honey-coated, though sunburnt melancholy is never far away.

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Bel Canto: Tamestit & Tiberghien

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