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world romanticism and a bur nished warm tone. T hough not perhaps as technical ly assu red as in his prior recordi ngs, de Pasquale still displays considerable com mand and a lack of pretension that C.'ln perhaps come only through yea rs of performance. The Mi lhaud is a charming work in a neo-classi cal style supposedly based on "anonymous 18th century themes." However, as is the case with Stravinsky's Ital ian Suire, we never fo r a moment lose sighr of Milhaud's personal harmonic vocabula1y or 20th cennuy French sensibili ty. De Pasquale premiered the Rochberg, commissioned in honor of Primrose's 75 th birthday, at the Seventh Tnternat ional Viola Congress in 1979. It is, in this reviewer's humble opinion, one of

the best viola compositions or the last half centllly. De Pasquale pres ents the vir tuosic and lyrical sonata in dramaric and assured fashion with able collaborator Angel in Chang. The record ing closes with Alan Shulman. Like the Mill1aud, Shulman's tuneful, modal work harkens back to an earlier time with noticeable English inAucnce. Overall, this is an enjoyable CD performed by one of the great vio lists of the twentieth century.

New England composer Walter Pisron and is one of his first works that prominently features viola. Witold Luroslawski 's Bucolics for violi n and cello was originally a work for piano four hands but was transcribed by the composer lor famed cellist Gregor Piatigorsky. Two add itional gems by British composer Rebecca Clarke round out the string duo selections. Correse also performs another English work, Vaughan Williams' Romance for viola and piano, pub lished posthumously but probably written for Lionel Terris. More than twenty minutes of this disc is devoted to Ameri can works for viola and piano and Cortese has chosen lesser known pieces rl1at certainly deserve further hea r ing. T he first is by Wisconsin nat ive Otto Luening (d. 1996), who r

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Music ofVaughan Williams, Luroslawski, Clarke, Otto Lucning, Piston, and Roy Harris

Paul Cortese, viola

Herwig Coryn , cel lo Artanios Roc, piano

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According to the liner notes, American violist Paul Cortese origi nally intended rh is album to feature American wo rks for viola and piano. However, after meeting Flemish cellist He1wig Co1y n, he included fou r duos for viola and cell o, which add considerable interest to this reco rding project. T he American duo in that group is by

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