David Aaron Carpenter (viola), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazushi Ono, Vladimir Jurowski and David Parry
Dvorak: Cello Concerto, Op. 104 arr. for Viola & Orchestra
Bartók: Viola Concerto, Sz. 120, BB 128
Shor: Seascapes
Walton: Viola Concerto
Shor: Lullaby for Mark
Shor: Natalie's Waltz
Shor: The Well Tempered Chanson
For his second Warner Classics album, David Aaron Carpenter - "a star violist" in the words of the Los Angeles Times - brings together concertos by Dvořák, Bartók, Walton and a dance cycle by contemporary composer Alexey Shor. Carpenter identifies a connecting theme of "a longing for the homeland … a reverence for native musical folk tunes and language." He is accompanied by the London Philharmonic Orchestra under three distinguished conductors: Kazushi Ono, Vladimir Jurowski and David Parry.