Tamsin Waley-Cohen

  • the intimate reciprocity between violin and piano pays one dividend after another in a performance of real accomplishment *****

    Primephonic - Jan '18

  • Waley-Cohen captures the score's spirit of infectious bonhomie to perfection, and brings an air of uncluttered simplicity and ingenuousness to the Four Romantic Pieces, creating the bracing impression of inspired improvisation.

    The Strad - Jan '18

  • Waley-Cohen and Watkins articulate the overall narrative beautifully

    Gramophone - Jan '18

  • Sounds of central Europe presented with improvisatory panache

    The Strad - Jan '18

  • ...a spiritually intense expressivo reminiscent of Yehudi Munuhin in his prime.

    The Strad - Jan '18

  • Waley-Cohen's tone is bright enough to carry any climax

    Gramophone - Jan '18

  • a tremendous space of space, colour and character… performed here with beauty and flair

    BBC Music Magazine - Sep '17

  • ...her interpretation is technically beyond reproach and musically imaginative

    Gramophone - Sep '17

  • Harris’s Concerto is a major (re-)discovery, and Waley-Cohen outclasses Fulkerson’s pioneering version in every respect. ... Not to be missed.

    Gramophone - Sep '17

  • It’s an imaginative and absorbing piece, rendered here with great finesse.

    Gramophone - Aug '17

  • ...severe demands on the violin soloists technique, which Tamsin Waley-Cohen takes in her stride

    Andrew Benson-Wilson - Jul '17

  • impressively well-developed six part musical composition of intense counterpoint

    Early Music Today - Jul '17

  • the multitracked performance is mesmerising as you start to appreciate the different characters of the parts and the way they move around one another before splintering off into their own world

    Record Review - Jun '17

  • Tamsin Waley-Cohen handles [John Adams concerto's] gruelling solo part with athleticism and conviction

    The Guardian - Oct '16

  • ...undeniably-fabulous playing...

    Classical Source - Oct '16

  • Here are the before and after of postwar American music ... The versatile Tamsin Waley-Cohen and the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Andrew Litton sound equally at home in both.

    Financial Times - Oct '16

  • Tamsin and Huw have built a really beautiful programme on this disc... It’s just lovely to listen to from start to finish.

    BBC Radio 3 - Jan '16

  • ...her bow rasping on the string in the composer’s passionate flights, her sound meltingly beautiful and fragile in his graceful melodies

    The Strad - Jan '16

  • a potent rhetorical style, moving neatly from dramatic flourishes and cadenzas into gentle lyricism...a fine performance.

    The Strad - Jan '16

  • Tamsin Waley-Cohen produces a beautiful, soft, creamy tone in the lyrical passages, and throughout the recital we're treated to a remarkable palette of tone colours.

    Gramophone - Jan '16

  • Waley-Cohen's playing is radiant and soaring

    The Sunday Times - Dec '15

  • It is the sheer melting beauty in the opening pages of the final movement that makes Hahn's sonata so affecting, especially with Waley-Cohen's hushed tone...

    BBC Music Magazine - Oct '15

  • An intelligent recital disk...all played with verve and style.

    The Guardian - Sep '15

  • ...passion and musical imagination throughout, the fiendish multiple stops and alternations between bowed and plucked notes assured in tone and precise in intonation

    BBC Music Magazine - Sep '15

  • ...passion and musical imagination throughout, the fiendish multiple stops and alternations between bowed and plucked notes assured in tone and precise in intonation

    BBC Music Magazine - Sep '15

  • ...her playing, often forceful and uncompromising, carries real conviction

    Gramophone - Jul '15

  • it's a measure of Waley-Cohen's commitment and energy (not to mention prodigious technique) that [the disc] succeeds utterly

    Classical Music Magazine - Jun '15

  • The Lark Ascending's opening solo searches out an extreme degree of musical space in a way that's at once daring and mesmerising

    BBC Music Magazine - Jan '15

  • Waley-Cohen's devotion to her cause is palpable, and her interpretative flair likewise

    The Sunday Times - Jan '15

  • Waley-Cohen's playing is memorable for its confident, earthy grit.

    Sinfini Music - Nov '14

  • she finds a convincing interplay between period-style non-vibrato and dreamy sensuality

    BBC Music Magazine - Nov '14

  • her sense of line and capacity to make things happen are both beautiful and strikingly individual

    BBC Music Magazine - Nov '14

  • superlative performances of Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending ... Highly recommended

    Northern Echo - Nov '14

  • Great playing from the very talented Tamsin Waley-Cohen. This really highlights the talent of the next generation of virtuosi.

    Classic FM - Jun '14

  • ...a wonderfully subtle, introspective and touching performance.

    The Guardian - Jun '14