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Berlioz/Liszt: Harold In Italy

Jennifer Stumm (viola) & Elizabeth Pridgen (piano)

much is entirely convincing on viola and piano...Jennifer Stumm's playing is remarkably refined, yet with a wide expressive range, and Elizabeth Pridgen really comes into her own with the Brigands'...

Berlioz/Liszt: Harold In Italy

Jennifer Stumm (viola) & Elizabeth Pridgen (piano)

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much is entirely convincing on viola and piano...Jennifer Stumm's playing is remarkably refined, yet with a wide expressive range, and Elizabeth Pridgen really comes into her own with the Brigands'...

About

Jennifer Stumm, winner of three major international competitions, including Concert Artists Guild, is recognised as a leading advocate of the viola

Artist in residence at the Tom Jobim School of Music, Sao Paolo, she is also Chair of Viola at the Royal College of Music, London

Harold In Italy was originally commissioned by Italian virtuoso Paganini to showcase his new Stradivarius viola.

“If one player should be singled out, it is Jennifer Stumm” The Guardian

Contents and tracklist

I. Harold aux montagnes (After Hector Berlioz)
Track length16:15
II. Marche de pélerins (After Hector Berlioz)
Track length7:44
III. Sérénade (After Hector Berlioz)
Track length6:28
IV. Orgie de brigands (After Hector Berlioz)
Track length14:14

Awards and reviews

November 2014

much is entirely convincing on viola and piano...Jennifer Stumm's playing is remarkably refined, yet with a wide expressive range, and Elizabeth Pridgen really comes into her own with the Brigands' Orgy, a severe test of virtuoso ability at which she succeeds triumphantly.

14th December 2014

If this is something of a connoisseur’s recital – whether for fans of the viola, Berlioz, Liszt or all three – its hybrid pleasures set it apart and there’s never the danger, as in the original orchestral version, that the viola gets submerged...the instrument truly shines.
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