A Lionel Tertis Celebration (2CD)

Gramophone Awards
2024
Shortlisted - Chamber

Presto Recording of the Week
26th January 2024

Gramophone Magazine
February 2024
Editor's Choice

Timothy Ridout (viola), Frank Dupree (piano), James Baillieu (piano)

Bowen: Viola Sonata No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 18
Tertis: Sunset - Coucher du Soleil
Bridge: Pensiero
Bridge: Allegro appassionato (H82)
Brahms: Minnelied Op. 71 No. 5
Schumann: Romance in F sharp major, Op. 28 No. 2
Fauré: Élégie in C minor, Op. 24
Wolstenholme: Allegretto, Op. 17 No. 2
Kreisler: Liebesleid
Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro (in the style of Pugnani)
Reed, W H: Rhapsody for Viola & Piano
Coates, E: First Meeting
Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folksong
Forsyth, C: Chanson celtique
Ireland: The Holy Boy
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 19b No. 1 in E major 'Sweet Remembrance'
Tertis: Hier au soir
Wolstenholme: The Question
Bowen: Obbligato to Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata
Clarke, Rebecca: Viola Sonata

Lionel Tertis (1876-1975), a great genius of the viola, is little known to today’s public.

Timothy Ridout pays tribute to this key figure in his instrument’s history with a flamboyant programme featuring music by Tertis’s friends, teachers and students alongside some of his own original works and transcriptions.

A marvellous musical journey, rich in discoveries.

"All told, it’s a most rewarding programme that gathers together an unusual array of ear-catching pieces in performances that present the music in its best possible light." - Gramophone Magazine, February 2024