JAVS Fall 2007

VIOLA RECORDINGS Ylzhak Schotten, "one of America's finest viola players" (STRAD), was for merly with the Boston Symphony and principal violist with Cincinnati & Houston Symphonies. Internation al soloist, he has five COs on Crystal. CD635: Britten Lachrymae; Shul man,Theme and Variations;Schuber, Arpegglone Sonata; Marais, Five Old French Dances. "extremely expressive Sonatas;Bloch, Suite. "Sppendid sonara~ eJ«:itinglyplayed. "Turok's Choice CD638: Brotsche! J.S.Bach, Concerto; Beethoven, Duo; Brahms, Sonata; Bridge. Lament forTwoViolas (w/ Paul Silverthorne,viola. CD832:Schotten Ploys Brahms. Brahms ClarinetTrio and Clari net Quintet (played on viola). "performances are strong and im passioned" American Record Guide CD837: The Elegant Viola. VaughanWilliams,Suite forViola &Or chestra; J.S. Bach.Fantasia Cromatica;W.F. Bach, Sonata; Colgrass, Variations 4 Drums &Viola. "One ofmy favorite violists. Wonder ful melancholy tone.Don't pass this up." Amer. Red.Guide musician"Toronto Whig-Standard CD637: Viola 1919. Hindemith&Clarke

I found the opening to be mystical, and effective with her orchestration, only using the lowest sound ing instrumenrs of the orchestra, beginning with cel los and basses, and the low register of the harp, and later adding the bass clarinet, and then the low regis ters of the horns and clariners. The orchestration of the whole work is clean in general, and always very transparent when the solo viola is playing. She uses a somewhat large orchestra [2 Flutes (2nd with Piccolo}, 2 Oboes {2nd with English Horn} , 2 Clariners (2nd with Bass Clarinet}, 2 Bassoons, 2 Horns, 2 Trumpers, 2 Trombones, T unpani , 3 Percussionisrs, Piano/Celeste, Harp and Strings], bur it never overpowers the viola. In fact the whole scoring is remarkable impeccable. A highly recommended work in my opinion, and I very much look forward to the future ourpur of this talented young composer.

Paul Cortese has been principal violist with the Gothenberg (Sweden) and Bar celona (Spain) Symphonies. CD636: Carter,Elegy; Bergsma, Fantastic Variations; Hovhaness, Chahagir; Roch berg,Sonata; Persichetti,Parable for Solo Viola & Infanta Marina. "Performances are eleganr." American Red.Guide C0833: Clarke, Lullaby & Grotesque; Lu toslawski, Bucolics; Piston, Duo; Luening, Carol Rodland solo recitals include Merkin & Carnegie's Recital Hall, and throughout U.S. & Europe. She taught at Juilliard School and since 2002 has been on the faculty of the New England Conservatory. This new CD features first recordings of stellar new works along with Gershwin and Porter favorites. CD834: Viola Swirl. Bunch, Suite; Coleman, Summer; Theofamdis, Flow My Tears; Gersh win &Porter arranged for viola and piano. James Dunham was violist of the famed Oeveland Quartet.He has performed inter nationally as soloist & chamber musician, and taught at Eastman,New England Con servatory,and,currently,Rice University. CD647: Viola and the Winds. James Dun ham with the Westwood Wind Quintet. Sapieyevskl, Concerto for Viola and Winds; Plog, Four Miniatures; Holst.Terzetto. Also Kohn. Colla Voce (w/guitar). "Dunham's tone is rich, gutsy.andexpressive. • Fanfare

The score for this work is available at: G. Schirmer Inc./AMP 257 Park Avenue South, 20th Floor New York, NY 1001 0 Tel: (212}254-2100 Fax: (212)254-20 13 E-mail: schirmer@schirmer.com www.schirmer.com

Suite; Vaughan Williams,Romance; Harris,Soliloquy & Dance. «su perblyplayedfirst recordings ofgorgeous music" Gramophone

Konzert pro Violu a Orchestr (2003-4)

I. Lento rna non troppo II. Allegro con spirito III . Lento rna non troppo. Allegro vivo DifficuJry: Level 6 Duration: 28 minutes Premiere: Raphael Oleg with Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra

By Jindrich Feld (1925-2007)

As I was researching some background information on Feld, it was with great surprise when I discovered the large ourput of this composer; he is also well known in his home country of the Czech Republic, and is generally regarded as one of the Czech Republic's most important composers after Janacek and Martinu. At a young age, Feld studied violin and

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