Stanley Bate & William Henry Bell - Viola Concertos (World Premieres) Vaughan Williams - Romance

Dutton's adventurous and explorative label, Dutton Epoch has an impressive on-going series surveying British composers, mostly lesser known, but also lesser known works by better known composers (Vaughan Williams, Bax, etc.) as well. This is one of the finest releases in the series; Stanley Bate's Viola Concerto is a major find- fans of Vaughan Williams (like myself) will be

in heaven, the concerto is beautiful. We also get a viola concerto "Rosa Mystica" by William Henry Bell. It's a real keeper too, but I prefer the Bate. Also Vaughan William's short "Romance". Enjoy!

Top of the Epoch list for October 2008 comes a gorgeous programme of viola concertos whose previous neglect no one at Dutton Epoch can understand. Played by celebrated British viola player Roger Chase, the Stanley Bate and W H Bell Concertos are both heart-warming and tuneful scores oozing popular appeal. These remarkable finds are made even more appealing by the coupling – Chase’s own orchestration of Vaughan Williams’s wonderful Romance. The BBC Concert Orchestra is on top form under the direction of Steve Bell, and to top it all Roger Chase plays the programme on Lionel Tertis’s celebrated Montagnana Viola.

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Enjoy!