EDWARD ELGAR (1857-1934): Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 (arr. Lionel Tertis [1876-1975], ed. David Aaron Carpenter), ALFRED SCHNITTKE (1934-1998): Viola Concerto.
Catalogue Number: 09L063
Label: Ondine
Reference: ODE 1153-2
Format: CD
Price: $15.98
Description: The current soloist, whose recording debut this is, "used Tertis' transcription as a template and have made my version more attuned to what Elgar originally wrote". Exactly what this means is not mentioned although Carpenter does not tune his C string down to B flat for the third movement as Tertis had done. He's also, presumably, not playing as huge a viola as Tertis did either. So it's up to you, viola fans! David Aaron Carpenter (viola), Philharmonia Orchestra; Christoph Eschenbach.