{"product_id":"walton-viola-concerto-sonata-for-string-orchestra-partita-for-orchestra","title":"Walton: Viola Concerto, Sonata for String Orchestra \u0026 Partita for Orchestra","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this third volume of Edward Gardner’s Walton series with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, James Ehnes leaves his violin to tackle the taxing soloist role in the Viola Concerto.In a recent Strad interview, Ehnes confesses: ‘This is a piece I have loved since I was a teenager, so it is wonderful that the opportunity has come my way to record it... With Walton’s Viola Concerto, none of the writing is impossible but a lot of it is close. And in a way that is exactly where you want it to be: on the edge of technical limitations. There’s a tremendous amount of excitement in that.’ This album in surround sound also features two much later works: the 1957 Partita for Orchestra and the Sonata for String Orchestra, adapted in 1971 from the String Quartet in A minor of 1945 – 47. There is a striking contrast between the uncomfortable modernism of the up-and-coming young composer’s Viola Concerto and the relaxed brilliance of the mature Partita. But the Sonata shows Walton late in his life re-engaging as an arranger with his earlier manner, and so with the characteristic vein of restless unease that runs through most of his output.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Chandos","offers":[{"title":"SACD","offer_id":48069879300376,"sku":"095115521021","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/3778078.jpg?v=1778816643","url":"https:\/\/hbdirect.com\/products\/walton-viola-concerto-sonata-for-string-orchestra-partita-for-orchestra","provider":"HBDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}