Bliss / Walton: Violin Concertos
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ARTHUR BLISS / WILLIAM WALTON
Bliss / Walton: Violin Concertos
Lorraine McAslan (violin) / BBC Concert Orchestra, Martin Yates
[ Dutton Epoch SACD / CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 20 February 2018
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THE BLISS TRUST
Produced in association with BBC Radio 3 and the BBC Concert Orchestra.
The Walton and the Bliss Violin Concertos make a compelling programme, given added interest here by the revival of the original version of the Walton Concerto, unheard since the early 1940s. After the earliest performances, Walton rescored it without altering the solo part, and in this superb new recording featuring the eloquent violin of Lorraine McAslan, we can fully appreciate the composer's first thoughts, which perhaps are more a reflection of the pre-Second World War musical world. The Bliss Concerto remains the most impressive British violin concerto not in the day-to-day repertoire, and Lorraine McAslan not only underlines its lyrical qualities but also plays the complete version, reinstating the minor cuts that are sometimes made.
"McAslan's response to the solo part's Heifetz-satisfying technical demands is as fine as her bombproof tuning and warm, not over-sumptuous tone and expression." BBC Music
Tracks:
William Walton(1902-1983)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (original version, 1939)*
Solo edited by Jascha Heifetz
i Andante tranquillo
ii Presto capriccioso alla napolitana - Trio (canzonetta) - Tempo Imo
iii Vivace - Cadenza (Lento molto espressione) - Alla marcia
Arthur Bliss(1891-1975)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1955)
i Allegro ma non troppo
ii Scherzo: Vivo
iii Introduzione (Andante sostenuto) - Allegro deciso in modo zingaro
Più mosso (Scherzando) - Cadenza (Allegro) -
Andante molto tranquillo - Animando - Ancora più vivo
Lorraine McAslan violin
conducted by Martin Yates
* First Digital Recording
