English Music for Viola and Piano

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
July 31, 2012
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BANTOCK BAINTON HOLLAND
    • PERFORMER
      Bradley, Wilson
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Edgar Leslie Bainton

      Performer: Sarah-Jane Bradley, Christian Wilson

    2. II. Allegretto con moto - Doppio movimento

      Composer: Edgar Leslie Bainton

      Performer: Sarah-Jane Bradley, Christian Wilson

    3. III. Adagio non troppo, maestoso - Allegro con fuoco

      Composer: Edgar Leslie Bainton

      Performer: Sarah-Jane Bradley, Christian Wilson

    4. I. Allegro vigoroso

      Composer: Theodore Holland

      Performer: Sarah-Jane Bradley, Christian Wilson

    5. II. Romance: Andante mesto

      Composer: Theodore Holland

      Performer: Sarah-Jane Bradley, Christian Wilson

    6. III. Finale: Allegro vivace

      Composer: Theodore Holland

      Performer: Sarah-Jane Bradley, Christian Wilson

    7. Piece for Viola in E-Flat Major

      Composer: York Bowen

      Performer: Sarah-Jane Bradley, Christian Wilson

    8. I. Allegro con anima

      Composer: Granville Bantock

      Performer: Sarah-Jane Bradley, Christian Wilson

    9. II. Maestoso sostenuto, rubato

      Composer: Granville Bantock

      Performer: Sarah-Jane Bradley, Christian Wilson

    10. III. Vivace - Poco allegretto sostenuto

      Composer: Granville Bantock

      Performer: Sarah-Jane Bradley, Christian Wilson


The four English composers represented on this disc were all born within a generation, and were inspired by the pioneering violist Lionel Tertis. Bainton's 1922 Viola Sonata veers restlessly between autumnal song and militaristic intensity, possibly influenced by his wartime experiences. Theodore Holland's Suite in D is a theatrical, wide-ranging work full of ingenious themes, whilst York Bowen's Piece for Viola is brief but ardent. Bantock's Viola Sonata, by contrast, is a large-scale, powerful and rhapsodic statement full of profuse lyricism and romantic feeling. Since making her concerto debut with the Philharmonia in 1992, and as a recitalist at the Wigmore Hall in 1997, Sarah-Jane Bradley has established a distinguished international reputation as a soloist and chamber musician. She is a pioneer of new works and has given the premieres and recorded a number of new concertos for solo viola.