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Lawrence Power (viola)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov

Hyperion CDA 67587

The 30-odd available recordings of Walton’s Viola Concerto generally fall into one of two main camps: those who tend with complete assuredness, tantalising the senses with a soaring intensity that time and again scores an emotional bullseye without ever becoming sentimental.

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