Karsten Fundal / Soren Nils Eichberg / Christian Winther Christensen: Viola Concertos – Rafaell Altino

This album presents three 21st-century Danish viola concertos, written for Rafaell Altino by Karsten Fundal, Christian Winther Christensen and Søren Nils Eichberg. In these works, the viola moves from intimate lyricism to dazzling virtuosity, weaving its way through both tender dialogues and dramatic exchanges with the orchestra. Altino’s masterfully playing brings out each composer’s distinctive voice and reveals new facets of the viola, revealing the instrument’s full expressive range shifting between neo-Romantic hero, indifferent loner and shadowy foil.