New Classical CDs (2008-01-07)

Viola concertos [sound recording] / [William Walton ; Edmund Rubbra. (CDA67587) (Hyperion)

Lawrence Power, viola ; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra ; Ilan Volkov, conductor.

• Viola concerto : original version / Sir William Walton (24:51) --
• Meditations on a Byzantine hymn : op. 117, for solo viola (11:15) / Edmund Rubbra ;
• Viola concerto in A major, op. 75 (25:05) / Edmund Rubbra.

Polish spirit [sound recording]. (0946 3 79934 2 2) (EMI)

Nigel Kennedy, violin ; Polish Chamber Orchestra ; Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor.

• Violin concerto no. 2 in D, op. 6 / Emil Mlynarski --
• Violin concerto in A, op. 8 / Mieczyslaw Karlowicz --
• Nocturne op. 9, no. 1. Larghetto / Chopin (arr. Krzesimir Debski) ;
  
• Nocturne op. 9, no. 2. Andante / Chopin (arr. Krzesimir Debski).