Timothy Ridout - Elgar: Viola Concerto: Bloch: Suite for Viola & Orchestra (CD)

Timothy Ridout gives us the opportunity to discover the splendid viola version of Elgar's famous Cello Concerto - an arrangement approved by the composer, who conducted it's premiere in 1930. In addition to this deeply moving work, he gives us a powerful, poetic reading of Bloch's all too rarely performed Suite for Viola and Orchestra, in which the Swiss composer indulged his fascination with the Orient.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85 (Arr. for Viola and Orchestra By Lionel Tertis): I. Adagio - Moderato
2. Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85 (Arr. for Viola and Orchestra By Lionel Tertis): II. Lento - Allegro Molto
3. Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85 (Arr. for Viola and Orchestra By Lionel Tertis): III. Adagio
4. Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85 (Arr. for Viola and Orchestra By Lionel Tertis): IV. Allegro - Moderato - Allegro Ma Non Troppo - Poco Più Lento - Adagio
5. Bloch: Suite for Viola and Orchestra, B.41: I. Lento
6. Bloch: Suite for Viola and Orchestra, B.41: II. Allegro Ironico
7. Bloch: Suite for Viola and Orchestra, B.41: III. Lento
8. Bloch: Suite for Viola and Orchestra, B.41: IV. Molto Vivo