Timothy Ridout, BBC Symphony Orchestra - Elgar: Viola Concerto - Bloch: Suite for Viola and Orchestra (2023) Hi-Res

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.
Tracklist
1. Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 (Arr. for Viola and Orchestra by Lionel Tertis): I. Adagio - Moderato (8:15)
2. Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 (Arr. for Viola and Orchestra by Lionel Tertis): II. Lento - Allegro molto (4:32)
3. Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 (Arr. for Viola and Orchestra by Lionel Tertis): III. Adagio (4:39)
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 (10:55)
5. Bloch: Suite for Viola and Orchestra, B. 41: I. Lento (12:37)
6. Bloch: Suite for Viola and Orchestra, B. 41: II. Allegro ironico (5:19)
7. Bloch: Suite for Viola and Orchestra, B. 41: III. Lento (4:09)
8. Bloch: Suite for Viola and Orchestra, B. 41: IV. Molto vivo (8:31)