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By the time of these February 1997 sessions, Tasmin Little had already revealed herself as a Delian of the first rank with her recordings of Violin and Double concertos (the latter with cellist Raphael Wallfisch and now reissued on Classics for Pleasure), and she forms an inspirational partnership here with Piers Lane. Not only do these eloquent performers consistently convey the full poetic rapture of this heartwarming music, even more crucially they never lose sight of its formidable organic thread. Little's memorable reading of the Third Sonata enjoys a particular authority in that, as a 13-year-old student, she was personally tutored on interpretative and stylistic matters by Delius's amanuensis Eric Fenby (whose involvement with this of all works could hardly be more profound).