ELGAR - BLOCH Viola Concerto [Cello] / Suite for viola and orchestra Timothy Ridout, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins

Timothy Ridout gives us the opportunity to discover the splendid viola version of Elgar’s famous Cello Concerto – an arrangement approved by the composer, who conducted its premiere in 1930. In addition to this deeply moving work, he gives us a powerful, poetic reading of Bloch’s all too rarely performed Suite for Viola and Orchestra, in which the Swiss composer indulged his fascination with the Orient.