Peter Mallinson, Matthias Wiesner - Music for Two Violas (2017)

Tracklist

01. Sonatina: I. Allegro con brio
02. Sonatina: II. Adagio
03. Sonatina: III. Allegro
04. Sinfonia a Due: I. Moderato – Allegro moderato
05. Sinfonia a Due: II. Menuett
06. Sinfonia a Due: III. Finale
07. Meditations on a Byzantine Hymn, Op.117a: “O Quando in Cruce”
08. Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: Morning Serenade (arr. Vadim Borisovsky)
09. Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: Dance with Mandolines (arr. Vadim Borisovsky)
10. Lament, H.117
11. Barcarolle (arr. Vadim Borisovsky)
12. Masquerade (arr. Vadim Borisovsky)

Music for two violas is one of the most underexplored media in the chamber repertoire. The tradition dates back to at least the early eighteenth century when J.S. Bach wrote his Brandenburg Concerto No.6. Over the following three hundred years many composers have been drawn into its distinctive sound-world. This album, which includes works receiving here their first commercial recording, focuses on twentieth-century repertoire influenced in one way or another by two great pioneers of the instrument: Lionel Tertis and Vadim Borisovsky. It ranges from the sublime Lament of Frank Bridge, himself a virtuoso player, to the thought-provoking Meditations of Edmund Rubbra, from Borisovsky’s arrangements of such classics as Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet to the dramatic and deeply moving Sinfonia a Due of Fyodor Druzhinin, one of Borisovsky's most brilliant students. Music for Two Violas takes the listener on a journey of unforgettable musical discovery.

Peter Mallinson - Viola
Matthias Wiesner - Viola
Evgenia Startseva - Piano
Oliver Lowe - Triangle

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