A Poet's Love, Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Schumann: Dichterliebe Timothy Ridout & Frank Dupree

• Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953): Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64:
• 1 Sergei: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: I. Introduction (Arr. for Viola & Piano) 02:33
• 2 Sergei: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: II. The Street Awakens (Arr. for Viola & Piano) 01:33
• 3 Sergei: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: III. The Young Juliet (Arr. for Viola & Piano) 03:08
• 4 Sergei: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: V. Dance of the Knights (Arr. for Viola & Piano) 05:33
• 5 Sergei: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: VI. Mercutio (Arr. for Viola & Piano) 02:20
• 6 Sergei: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: VII. Balcony Scene (Arr. for Viola & Piano) 05:29
• 7 Sergei: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: XIII. Juliet's Death (Arr. for Viola & Piano) 07:40
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856): Dichterliebe, Op. 48:
• 8 Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48: I. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai (Arr. for Viola & Piano) 01:32
• 9 Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48: II. Aus meinen Tränen sprießen (Arr. for Viola & Piano) 00:49
• 10 Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48: III. Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne (Arr. for Viola & Piano) 00:39
• 11 Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48: IV. Wenn ich in deine Augen seh (Arr. for Viola & Piano) 01:40
• 12 Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48: V. Ich will meine Seele tauchen (Arr. for Viola & Piano) 00:51
• 13 Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48: VI. Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome (Arr. for Viola & Piano) 02:09
• 14 Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48: VII. Ich grolle nicht (Arr. for Viola & Piano) 01:29
• 15 Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48: VIII. Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen (Arr. for Viola & Piano) 01:15
• 16 Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48: IX. Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen (Arr. for Viola & Piano) 01:33
• 17 Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48: X. Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen (Arr. for Viola & Piano) 02:43
• 18 Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48: XI. Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen (Arr. for Viola & Piano) 01:07
• 19 Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48: XII. Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen (Arr. for Viola & Piano) 02:50
• 20 Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48: XIII. Ich hab' im Traum geweinet (Arr. for Viola & Piano) 02:51
• 21 Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48: XIV. Allnächtlich im Traume (Arr. for Viola & Piano) 01:19
• 22 Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48: XV. Aus alten Märchen winkt es (Arr. for Viola & Piano) 02:26
• 23 Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48: XVI. Die alten, bösen Lieder (Arr. for Viola & Piano) 04:45
• Total Runtime 58:14

Info for A Poet's Love, Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Schumann: Dichterliebe

In their debut recording for harmonia mundi, the young viola prodigy Timothy Ridout and his musical accomplice Frank Dupree celebrate the power of love, with selections from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, performed in Borisovsky’s popular arrangement, and with their own transcription of Schumann’s Dichterliebe. The voice of the heart and the soul of candour, here the viola displays an astonishing range of emotions and expressive colours – from boisterous to tender or introspective in the Prokofiev excerpts, while also mirroring the myriad nuances of Heine’s poems in Schumann’s sublime musical love letter to his Clara. 

Timothy Ridout, viola
Frank Dupree, piano

Timothy Ridout
With recent awards including the inaugural Sir Jeffrey Tate Prize in Hamburg and a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship, Timothy Ridout has confirmed his position at the forefront of young European soloists. He has been a BBC New Generation Artist since 2019 and will join the Bowers Program of the Chamber Music Society of the Lincoln Center in 2021.

Concerto engagements this season and last include Berlioz Harold en Italie with the Deutsches Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine and Orchestre National de Lille; Mozart Sinfonia Concertante at the Sion Festival (alongside Janine Jansen) and with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Camerata Salzburg; Bartok with the BBC Symphony, Hamburger Symphoniker and Sinfonieorchester Aachen; Walton with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Luzerner Sinfonieorchester; and the Britten Double Concerto with the Tapiola Sinfonietta and Siberian State Symphony Orchestra. He has worked with conductors including Christoph Eschenbach, David Zinman, Gabor Takács-Nagy, Sylvain Cambreling and Sir Andras Schiff.

Equally in demand as a recitalist and chamber musician, his engagements include several appearances per season at the Wigmore Hall as well as throughout the UK, Europe and Japan. Festivals invitations encompass Lucerne, Lockenhaus, Heimbach, Bergen, Evian, Boswil Sommer, Heidelberger-Frühling, Montpellier, Aspen, the Enescu Festival and the Marlboro Academy; whilst his chamber music collaborators include Joshua Bell, Isabelle Faust, Janine Jansen, Christian Tetzlaff, Nicolas Altstaedt, Steven Isserlis, Kian Soltani, Benjamin Grosvenor, Lars Vogt and Christian Gerhaher, among many others. He also maintains a regular relationship with the Nash Ensemble.

His second album, Music for Viola & Chamber Orchestra: Vaughan Williams, Martinu, Hindemith & Britten with Jamie Phillips and l’Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne was released to general acclaim in February 2020 on Claves Records. He released his debut album with Champs Hill Records in spring 2017 Henri Vieuxtemps: Complete works for Viola, with pianist Ke Ma.

In 2016 Ridout won 1st Prize in the Lionel Tertis Competition and was selected by Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT). Other prizes include the 2019 Thierry Scherz Award at the Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad and 1st Prize at the 2014 Cecil Aronowitz Competition.

Born in London in 1995, Ridout studied at the Royal Academy of Music graduating with the Queen’s Commendation for Excellence. He completed his Masters at the Kronberg Academy with Nobuko Imai in 2019 and in 2018 took part in Kronberg Academy’s Chamber Music Connects the World.

He plays on a viola by Peregrino di Zanetto c.1565–75 on loan from a generous patron of Beare's International Violin Society.

Frank Dupree
Winner of the 2018 Opus Klassik Award for Concerto Recording of the Year (20th/21st century), German pianist Frank Dupree recently came to international attention as the laureate prize winner of the 2014 Deutscher Musikwettbewerb, captivating the judges with his musical maturity, refined technique and ability to draw a wide spectrum of sound and colour from the keyboard. A “sincere, feeling and enormously interesting artist” (Emmanuel Ax) who “always amazes” (PZ News) and whose “broad tonal range and sinuous rhythmic technique” (Classical Source) have earned him acclaim amongst his peers on orchestral and chamber stages alike.

Initially trained as a jazz percussionist, Frank celebrates the breadth and depth of the piano repertoire, with a particular enthusiasm for the music of the 20th century as well as the music of living composers, having already been chosen to work closely with Péter Eötvös (Erdenklavier – Himmelklavier, world premiere recording in 2015 for the GENUIN classics label) and Wolfgang Rihm (Con Piano? Certo!, world premiere performance with conductor Justin Brown and the Badische Staatskapelle Karlsruhe in June 2015).

Recent and forthcoming highlights include an exciting new collaboration with the Kurt Weill Festival as artist-in-residence, debuts with the Royal Northern Sinfonia, Trondheim Symfonieorchester and Sinfonieorcheser Liechtenstein, return invitations at London’s Wigmore Hall, Berlin’s Konzerthaus, Brussels BOZAR amongst others as well as ongoing relationships with the Stuttgart Philharmoniker and Theater Plauen-Zwickau. Additional highlights include a collaboration with the Repercussion ensemble at the Cologne Philharmonie, debuts with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Ulster Orchestra, recitals at the Heidelberg Spring Festival, Lucerne Festival, London’s LSO St Luke’s, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, and Munich’s Allerheiligen-Hofkirche.

An artist who is firmly establishing himself on the international scene, Frank has previously performed with the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris (play/direct), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Malmö Symphony, Kristiansand Symphony, Auckland Philharmonia, Beethoven Orchester Bonn, Bern Symphony, Duisburg Philharmonic, Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra, Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn, Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Essen Philharmonic Orchestra and the Musikkollegium Winterthur. Recitals and chamber music play a particularly important role in Frank's musical ethos, and he has frequently collaborated with other rising stars of his generation such as Simon Höfele, Edgar Moreau, Daniel Lozakovich, Timothy Ridout, Kian Soltani, and the Calidore and Goldmund string quartets, giving concerts at such places as the Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, Verbier Festival, Septembre Musical in Montreux, Davos Festival, Heidelberg Spring Festival, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, Kurt Weill Festival and in numerous other venues across Germany.

Combining his fine musicianship with the art of direction, Frank was awarded first prize at the 2012 International Hans-von-Bülow Competition in Meiningen for his play/direct work with Beethoven, and was soon after invited to take part in the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris Play-Direct Academy with Joseph Swensen, Stephen Kovacevich, and François Leleux. On the podium, Frank has previously assisted Sir Simon Rattle, François-Xavier Roth, and Mario Venzago.

A Steinway Artist, Frank has been a student of Sontraud Speidel since the age of five and recently completed his studies at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe. Over the years, he has played in masterclasses with Emanuel Ax, Menahem Pressler, Ralf Gothóni, Klaus Hellwig, Alexander Braginsky, Cyprien Katsaris, Ferenc Rados, Gábor Takács-Nagy, and Stephen Kovacevich. In Summer 2013, Frank was awarded the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes scholarship and, in 2014, was the recipient of the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben scholarship in support of his studies.

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