Rozsa / Bartok / Serly - Viola Concertos
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Label: Hyperion
Cat No: CDA67687
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 27th September 2010
Contents
Works
Viola Concerto, BB128 (completed by Tibor Serly, 1949)Viola Concerto, op.37
Rhapsody for Viola and Orchestra
Artists
Lawrence Power (viola)Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Andrew LittonWorks
Viola Concerto, BB128 (completed by Tibor Serly, 1949)Viola Concerto, op.37
Rhapsody for Viola and Orchestra
Artists
Lawrence Power (viola)Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Andrew LittonAbout
Of the three Hungarian works for viola and orchestra on this latest release, the best-known is Bartok’s viola concerto, completed after the composer’s death by Tibor Serly. Serly was Bartók’s most constant and trusted Hungarian musician friend in his last years in the USA. William Primrose (who edited the viola part himself) was able to premiere Serly’s recension of the music on 2 December 1949, with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antal Dorati.
Almost immediately it was recognized as one of the major contributions to the small literature of concertos for the viola, and has been a cornerstone of the instrument’s repertoire ever since.
Serly’s own Rhapsody for Viola and Orchestra dwells somewhat within Bartok’s shadow, but is nevertheless a skilful and elaborate work with a rollocking finale.
The disc is completed by a modern viola concerto by the film composer Miklós Rósza. The overall impression of the work is individual, darkly Romantic, and authentically Hungarian in inspiration.
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