Description

Praised by the London Times as ravishing the Los Angeles Times as technically immaculate the Seattle Times as fantastic the Boston Globe as sensational the San Francisco Chronicle for his fierce virtuosity the Dallas Morning News for his most spectacular viola playing and the New York Times as high class with an elegant, velvety tone VIOLIST RICHARD ONEILL is one of the very few violists ever to receive an Avery Fisher Career Grant as well as a Grammy Award Nomination (Best Soloist with Orchestra). Concerto appearances include the London Philharmonic with Vladimir Jurowski, the Los Angeles Philharmonic with Miguel Harth Bedoya, the Seoul Philharmonic with François Xavier Roth, the KBS and Korean Symphony Orchestras, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Alte Musik Köln and Sejong.
A UNIVERSAL Classics Recording Artist, he has made four solo albums that have sold well over 100,000 copies. He plays on a fine and rare viola made by Giovanni Tononi, of Bologna, circa 1699.

This, his first appearance on vinyl offers a compilation of his most memorable performances.

Double Deluxe Package with Multi Fold-Out Cover (1st 500 only)
From the Original Master of DG/Universal Music
Lacquer Cutting by SST(Schallplatten Schneid Technik) Brüggemann
GmbH in Germany.
Audiophile Vinyl Pressing by Pallas GmbH in Germany.