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Viola Concerto / Partita for Orchestra
Artist:
James Ehnes
Format: CD
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Formats and Editions
1. Viola Concerto (1961 Version): I. Andante Comodo
2. Viola Concerto (1961 Version): II. Vivo, Con Molto Preciso
3. Viola Concerto (1961 Version): III. Allegro Moderato
4. Sonata For String Orchestra: I. Allegro
5. Sonata For String Orchestra: II. Presto
6. Sonata For String Orchestra: III. Lento
7. Sonata For String Orchestra: IV. Allegro Molto
8. Partita For Orchestra: I. Toccata
9. Partita For Orchestra: II. Pastorale Siciliana
10. Partita For Orchestra: III. Giga Burlesca
More Info:
In this third volume of Edward Gardner's Walton series with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, James Ehnes leaves his violin to tackle the taxing soloist role in the Viola Concerto. In a recent Strad interview, Ehnes confesses: 'This is a piece I have loved since I was a teenager, so it is wonderful that the opportunity has come my way to record it... With Walton's Viola Concerto, none of the writing is impossible but a lot of it is close. And in a way that is exactly where you want it to be: on the edge of technical limitations. There's a tremendous amount of excitement in that. ' This album in surround sound also features two much later works: the 1957 Partita for Orchestra and the Sonata for String Orchestra, adapted in 1971 from the String Quartet in A minor of 1945 - 47. There is a striking contrast between the uncomfortable modernism of the up-and-coming young composer's Viola Concerto and the relaxed brilliance of the mature Partita. But the Sonata shows Walton late in his life re-engaging as an arranger with his earlier manner, and so with the characteristic vein of restless unease that runs through most of his output.
