| The fact that Timothy Ridout has recorded a whole album of music for unaccompanied viola before the age of thirty is a telling indication of the meteoric rise of this prodigious, boundary-pushing artist. As is his choice of contrasting the Baroque era (Telemann and Bach) with two figures of modern music, in Britten’s rarely heard Elegy and Caroline Shaw’s in manus tuas. This program is a breathtaking ode to the viola over the centuries, played with all the fire of youth.
1. Telemann: Fantasia No. 1 in B-Flat Major, TWV 40:14 (Arr. for Solo Viola by Timothy Ridout): I. Largo
2. Telemann: Fantasia No. 1 in B-Flat Major, TWV 40:14 (Arr. for Solo Viola by Timothy Ridout): II. Allegro – Grave – Allegro
3. Shaw: in manus tuas (Version for Solo Viola)
4. Telemann: Fantasia No. 7 in E-Flat Major, TWV 40:20 (Arr. for Solo Viola by Timothy Ridout): I. Dolce
5. Telemann: Fantasia No. 7 in E-Flat Major, TWV 40:20 (Arr. for Solo Viola by Timothy Ridout): II. Allegro
6. Telemann: Fantasia No. 7 in E-Flat Major, TWV 40:20 (Arr. for Solo Viola by Timothy Ridout): III. Largo
7. Telemann: Fantasia No. 7 in E-Flat Major, TWV 40:20 (Arr. for Solo Viola by Timothy Ridout): IV. Presto
8. Britten: Elegy for Solo Viola
9. Bach: Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 (Arr. for Solo Viola by Simon Rowland-Jones): I. Allemande
10. Bach: Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 (Arr. for Solo Viola by Simon Rowland-Jones): II. Courante
11. Bach: Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 (Arr. for Solo Viola by Simon Rowland-Jones): III. Sarabande
12. Bach: Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 (Arr. for Solo Viola by Simon Rowland-Jones): IV. Gigue
13. Bach: Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 (Arr. for Solo Viola by Simon Rowland-Jones): V. Chaconne |
