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Motherland

4/20/2018, 28 Tracks, 2:34:51

Featuring

  • Kazushi Ono
  • David Aaron Carpenter
  • Vladimir Jurowski
  • David Parry
  • Kristina Blaumane
  • Sean Carpenter
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Antonín Dvořák
  • Béla Bartók
  • Alexey Shor
  • Sir William Walton

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Composition History

Béla Bartók's Viola Concerto, Sz.120, was left in various stages of completion at the time of his death and was finished by his student Tibor Serly.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

Antonín Dvořák's Cello Concerto, Op. 104, is performed on this album in an arrangement for viola by Joseph Vieland and David Aaron Carpenter.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The collection 'Well Tempered Chanson' by Alexey Shor originated from the idea of encores, with 'Murka Metamorphoses' being the first piece created for David Aaron Carpenter and his colleagues.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Alexey Shor, born in landlocked Kiev, now considers New York his home by the water and has enjoyed glimpses of the sea during his travels.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Two of Alexey Shor's pieces, 'Lullaby for Mark' and 'Natalie's Waltz', were inspired by his own children, with the lullaby written during his son Mark's first months and the waltz on his daughter Natalie's birth day.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album features world-premiere recordings of William Walton's Viola Concerto (1962 version) and Alexey Shor's 'Seascapes' for viola and orchestra, and 'Two Songs for My Children'.

Source: Booklet

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©℗ 2018 David Aaron Carpenter under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company