Timothy Ridout - A Lionel Tertis Celebration (CD)

Details: Lionel Tertis (1876-1975), a great genius of the viola, is little known to today's public. Timothy Ridout pays tribute to this key figure in his instrument's history with a flamboyant program featuring music by Tertis's friends, teachers and students alongside some of his own original works and transcriptions. A marvelous musical journey, rich in discoveries.

Tracklist:

1. Bowen: Viola Sonata No.1 in C Minor Op.18: I. Allegro moderato
2. Bowen: Viola Sonata No.1 in C Minor Op.18: II. Poco lento e cantabile
3. Bowen: Viola Sonata No.1 in C Minor Op.18: III. Finale. Presto
4. Tertis: Sunset
5. Bridge: Pensiero in F Minor H.53 No.1
6. Bridge: Allegro appassionato in B Minor H.82
7. Brahms: Minnelied Op.71 No.5 (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Lionel Tertis)
8. Schumann: Romance in F-Sharp Major Op.28 No.2 (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Lionel Tertis)
9. Fauré: Élégie in C Minor Op.24 (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Lionel Tertis)
10. Wolstenholme: Allegretto in E-Flat Major Op.17 No.2
11. Kreisler: Liebesleid (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Timothy Ridout)
12. Kreisler: Praeludium ; Allegro in the Style of Pugnani (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Alan Arnold): I. Praeludium
13. Kreisler: Praeludium ; Allegro in the Style of Pugnani (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Alan Arnold): II. Allegro molto moderato
14. Reed: Rhapsody
15. Coates: First Meeting (Souvenir)
16. Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folk Song: No.1 Lovely on the Water
17. Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folk Song: No.2 Spurn Point
18. Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folk Song: No.3 Van Diemen's Land
19. Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folk Song: No.4 She Borrowed Some of Her Mother’s Gold
20. Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folk Song: No.5 The Lady and the Dragon
21. Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folk Song: No.6 As I Walked Over London Bridge
22. Forsyth: Chanson celtique
23. Ireland: The Holy Boy (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Lionel Tertis)
24. Mendelssohn: Lied ohne Worte in E Major Op.19b No.1 (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Lionel Tertis)
25. Tertis: Hier au soir
26. Wolstenholme: The Question Op.13 No.1 (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Lionel Tertis)
27. Bowen: Obbligato to Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata
28. Clarke: Viola Sonata: I. Impetuoso
29. Clarke: Viola Sonata: II. Vivace
30. Clarke: Viola Sonata: III. Adagio