JAVS Fall 2002

93

Music for Viola and Piano

by the Zaslav Duo

including:

Brahms: Sonatas Op.120, Nos.l& 2 Joachim: Variations,Op.l 0 Reinecke: Phantasiestucke,Op.43 Herzogenberg: Legenden,Op.62 Kiel: Drei Romanzen,Op.69 Fuchs: Sechs Phantasiestucke,Op.117 Sitt: Albumblatter,Op.39

BERNARD ZASLAV, Viola NAOMI ZASLAV, Piano

CD#l087(2)- Music & Arts Programs of America label

* As REVIEWED IN jOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN VIOLA SOCIETY, AMAzoN.COM. (EDITH EISLER) AND GRAMAPHONE*

CD-4902(1)- Ernest Bloch: Music for Viola and Piano " the most comprehensive Bloch viola CD . . . the performances are magnificent. Bernard Zaslav, who plays the ex-Villa, ex Hobday 1781 JB. Guadagnini, has been a leading member ofthe US viola fraternity for close on 50 years. He and his wife have been performing together in public since 1962 and I already treasure their interpretations ofFranck, Milhaud and Brahms. The great 1919 Suite is delivered with immense breadth andpower.. This Bloch program will go up on the shelfnext to them. Recommended!" The STRAD CD-4953(1) - "Dvorak's Viola'' 13 works ofAntonin Dvorak, originally written for violin, cello or voice and transcribed for Viola and Piano by B. Zaslav 'Zaslav has transcribed an entire programme ofdelightfUl music for the viola. " The STRAD CD-626(1)- Three Romantic Viola Sonatas Brahms: Sonatas Op.l20, Nos. I & 2, and Franck: Sonata in A for violin and Piano, (Arr. by B. Zaslav) "The Zaslav Duo has made what is the definitive recording ofthese two sonatas (Brahms Op.120). The viola soars effortlessly in the long canzones wonderfully backed by the piano. All the nooks and crannies ofthese works have been mastered and exploredfrom all aspects ofsound and rhythm." The AMERICAN STRING TEACHER

''If I needed one word to sum up the performances ofthe Zaslav Duo here, it would be "loving". Ensemble is immaculate down to the last semiquaver. A highly recommended disc. " The STRAD

available at Website: http://www.musicandarts.com- Phone: 510-525-4583 also at Website: http://www.viola.com/zaslav/