BENJAMIN DALE (1885-1943): Suite, Op. 2, Phantasy, Op. 4, English Dance (arr. York Bowen [1884-1961]), Introduction and Andante for 6 Violas, Op. 5 (Hannah Shaw, Fiona Opie, Thomas Beer, Rumen Cvetkov, Karel Conix [violas]).

Description: Dale's fame as a composer rests on his early set of viola works which were avidly championed by Lionel Tertis. This disc contains everything Dale wrote for viola, they all date from 1907-11) and are performed on Tertis's own large Montagnana viola. Roger Chase (viola), Michiko Otaki (piano).