British Viola Music (2007)

While the list of great British concerted works for violin and orchestra is long and distinguished -- Elgar, Walton, and Britten's concertos along with Vaughan Williams' one-movement The Lark Ascending -- the list of great British concerted works for viola and orchestra is nearly as long and nearly as distinguished. In addition to the concertos by Walton and Rubbra, there are the five one-movement works on this disc appropriately called British Viola Music. Played with passionate commitment by violist Sarah-Jane Bradley ... Read More

While the list of great British concerted works for violin and orchestra is long and distinguished -- Elgar, Walton, and Britten's concertos along with Vaughan Williams' one-movement The Lark Ascending -- the list of great British concerted works for viola and orchestra is nearly as long and nearly as distinguished. In addition to the concertos by Walton and Rubbra, there are the five one-movement works on this disc appropriately called British Viola Music. Played with passionate commitment by violist Sarah-Jane Bradley accompanied with ardent dedication by the Orchestra Nova under George Vass, this disc includes Gustav Holst's serene Lyric Movement from 1933, William Alwyn's tranquil Pastoral Fantasia from 1939, John McCabe's harrowing Concerto Funebre from 1962 (but virtually unknown until this recording), Elizabeth Maconchy's atmospheric Romance from 1979, and David Matthews' haunting Winter Remembered from 2002. Known to international audiences from her recordings with the Leopold String Trio on... Read Less

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2007, Dutton Vocalion UPC: 765387718626 CD See All