Walton, Grisi & Prokofiev: Heroes Adrien La Marca, Liège Royal Philharmonic & Christian Arming

• William Walton (1902 - 1983): Concerto for Viola and Orchestra:
• 1 Concerto for Viola and Orchestra: I. Andante comodo 08:47
• 2 Concerto for Viola and Orchestra: II. Vivo e molto preciso 04:24
• 3 Concerto for Viola and Orchestra: III. Allegro moderato 13:19
• Gwenaël Mario Grisi (b. 1989):
• 4 On the Reel 23:59
• Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953): Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64:
• 5 Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: I. Introduction 02:44
• 6 Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: II. Juliet as a Young Girl 03:33
• 7 Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: III. Dance of the Knights 05:42
• 8 Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: IV. Balcony Scene 06:18
• 9 Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: V. Death of Juliet 08:15
• 10 Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: VI. Mercutio 02:26
• Total Runtime 01:19:27

Info for Walton, Grisi & Prokofiev: Heroes

Three large-scale works for viola and orchestra feature on the new recording by violist Adrien La Marca with the Liège Royal Philharmonic. Musically, a programme must tell a story: here the viola becomes the central hero of each work, in an almost cinematographic adventure. A hero who roams from the heart of Russian ballet music with Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, through the lyricism of interwar English music with Walton’s Viola Concerto, to music of today by the Belgian composer Gwenaël Mario Grisi, whose On the Reel is literally ‘scripted’, written directly from analysis of film scenarios. Epic sweep, passions, contrasts . . . Everything you might expect from a great adventure movie is there in this music. Moments of powerful lyricism, love and tenderness, inner struggles, combats or doubts.

Adrien La Marca, viola
Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liege
Christian Arming, conductor

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