專輯類型: 1SACD 發行年份: 2018 國際條碼: 0095115521021 音樂廠牌: Chandos 華爾頓:中提琴協奏曲/管弦樂組曲 詹姆士.艾尼斯 中提琴 加德納 指揮 BBC交響樂團 英國留聲機雜誌2018年6月份推薦最佳古典新片之一 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. Concerto for Viola and Orchestra 23:27 (1928-29, revised 1936 - 37 and 1961) *To Christabel 1. I Andante comodo - Con spirito - Meno mosso - Inquietamente - [Con spirito] -7:48 2. II Vivo, e molto preciso - Risoluto - Risoluto - A tempo piu mosso 4:03 3. III Allegro moderato - Meno mosso [Tempo II] - A tempo [piu mosso] -11:31 Sonata for String Orchestra (1971) 26:07 Transcription by the composer and Sir Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) of String Quartet in A minor (1945-47) 4. I Allegro - Con moto - Piu mosso - Piu agitato poco a poco -8:31 5. II Presto 4:07 6. III Lento - Piu mosso, ma tranquillo - A tempo poco piu mosso - Animato - (A tempo I) -8:56 7. IV Allegro molto - Poco piu animato - Poco a poco piu animato 4:21 Partita for Orchestra (1957)15:45 To George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra 8. I Toccata. Brioso - Poco meno mosso - A tempo [I] - [ ] -4:31 9. II Pastorale Siciliana. Andante comodo - Piu animato - Meno mosso poco a poco -6:08 10. III Giga Burlesca. Allegro gioviale 4:59