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In 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

Concerto for Viola and Orchestra 

23:27 

(1928-29, revised 1936 - 37 and 1961) *To Christabel 

1. I Andante comodo - Con spirito - Meno mosso - Inquietamente - [Con spirito] -7:48 

2. II Vivo, e molto preciso - Risoluto - Risoluto - A tempo piu mosso 4:03 

3. III Allegro moderato - Meno mosso [Tempo II] - A tempo [piu mosso] -11:31 

Sonata for String Orchestra (1971) 26:07

Transcription by the composer and Sir Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) 

of String Quartet in A minor (1945-47) 

4. I Allegro - Con moto - Piu mosso - Piu agitato poco a poco -8:31 

5. II Presto 4:07 

6. III Lento - Piu mosso, ma tranquillo - A tempo poco piu mosso - Animato - (A tempo I) -8:56 

7. IV Allegro molto - Poco piu animato - Poco a poco piu animato 4:21 

Partita for Orchestra (1957)15:45 

To George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra 

8. I Toccata. Brioso - Poco meno mosso - A tempo [I] - [ ] -4:31 

9. II Pastorale Siciliana. Andante comodo - Piu animato - Meno mosso poco a poco -6:08 

10. III Giga Burlesca. Allegro gioviale 4:59