Frank Dupree, the pianist on this album, was originally trained as a jazz percussionist and has a particular enthusiasm for the music of living composers.
Composer Biography
Lionel Tertis, a celebrated violist born on the same day as Pablo Casals, raised the profile of the viola much like Casals did for the cello.
Performer Biography
Timothy Ridout, the violist on this album, is a BBC New Generation Artist, a Borletti-Buitoni Trust fellow, and the winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society 2023 Young Artist Award.
Instruments
Timothy Ridout performs on a viola made by Peregrino di Zanetto, crafted between approximately 1565 and 1575, on loan from a generous patron.
Composition History
Lionel Tertis actively campaigned to create a repertoire for the viola, commissioning new works and adapting existing violin and cello pieces, as the instrument was largely ignored as a solo instrument in the Romantic and Late Romantic eras.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Lionel Tertis, after hearing violinist Fritz Kreisler, adapted Kreisler's continuous vibrato to the viola, which helped him develop a remarkably warm sonority.
Composer Biography
Lionel Tertis was a late starter on the viola, only discovering the instrument at age nineteen after first learning piano and then violin.
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