Timothy Ridout gives us the opportunity to discover the splendid viola version of Edward Elgar’s famous Cello Concerto – an arrangement approved by the composer, who conducted its premiere in 1930. In addition to this deeply moving work, Ridout gives us a powerful, poetic reading of Ernest Bloch’s all too rarely performed Suite for Viola and Orchestra.
Elgar: Viola Concerto; Bloch: Suite for Viola and Orchestra – Timothy Ridout, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
