OUT NOW | Violist David Aaron Carpenter's New Album: 'Motherland' [LISTEN]

Warner Classics has announced the release of American violist David Aaron Carpenter's new double disc set: 'Motherland'

Warner Classics has this month announced the release of American violist David Aaron Carpenter's new double disc set: Motherland.

Recorded with conductors Kazushi Ono, Vladimir Jurowski and David Parry and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the set includes the newly-world-premiered arrangement of Dvorak's Cello Concerto for solo viola, Bartok and Walton's viola concerti - plus new solo works for viola by contemporary Maltese composer Alexey Shor.

DAVID AARON CARPENTER | ALEXEY SHOR | LULLABY FOR MARK | DAVID PARRY & THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC | WARNER CLASSICS | 2018

"The masterworks by Dvorák, Bartók, Walton and Shor all share a reverence for their native musical folk tunes and language ..." David has told The Violin Channel.

"The London Philharmonic Orchestra premiered Dvorak’s Cello Concerto in 1894 ... it was always a dream of mine to premiere it on the viola ... now a hundred years later with the same legendary orchestra ..." the 32-year-old former Naumburg International Viola Competition winner has said.

"Dvorák was an accomplished violist and principal of his orchestra ... I could certainly envision Dvorák picking up his viola and playing through some of the passages."

Track previews available now on Amazon and iTunes:

Motherland |CDS|

David Aaron Carpenter, Viola

Kazushi Ono, Vladimir Jurowski, David Parry, Conductors

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Release Date: April 20, 2018

Warner Classics