JAVS Summer 1997

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RECORDINGS

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Dvorak: Four Romantic Pieces Ope 75; Rondo Ope 94; Sonatina Ope 100; Romance Ope 11, etc., Bernard Zaslav, viola, Naomi Zaslav piano, Music & Arts CD-953 Enescu: Concert Piece, Britten: Lachrymae, Hindemith; Sonata Ope 25 #1, Devienne: Duo, Paulos: Five for the Flowers near the River, Schumann: Miirchenbilder, Cynthia Phelps, viola, Jeanne Baxtresser, flute, Judith Gordon, piano, Cala, CACD 0510 (Allegro) Review: A triumph for Ms. Phelps. As far as I know this is Phelps' first solo album and her performance is outstanding with excel lent technique, pitch and tone quality. I was very fortunate to hear her perform Harold in Italy with the NY Phil. under Kurt Masur about a year and a half ago and was very impressed with her playing. It's no wonder that Ellen Taaffe Zwilich was announced as writing a special work that will feature the "killer" (sic) viola section of the NY]?, which is led by Ms. Phelps. This record is part of Cala's NY Legend series fea turing first desk soloists of the NTI If you buy one viola record this year, let it be this one. Hindemith: Complete works for Viola, Vol. 3, Three Sonatas for Viola and Piano, Trauermusik, Paul Cortese, viola, Jordi Vilaprinyo, Philharmonia Orchestra, Martyn Brobbins, cond., ASV CD DCA 978 (Koch International) Note: This completes the three CD record ings of the entire viola output of Hindemith's viola compositions. The first two volumes were CD DCA 931 and 947. Hindemith: Composers in Person Series, Sonatas for Viola solo, other works with assort ed artists, Paul Hindemith, viola. 2 Angel 55032

Bax: Sonata for Viola and Piano, Bloch: Suite for Viola and Piano, Encores by Kreisler and Paganini. Wtlliam Primrose, viola, Cohen, piano; Pearl PRL 9453 (Koch International) Note: Pearl and Biddulph seem to be in a race to bring out all of Primrose's 78 RPM recordings in excellent reissues. Isn't it wonderful! Berlioz: Harold in Italy, Lubomir Maly, viola, Frantisek Jilek, condo Czech Phil., Supraphon 3095 (Koch International) 1981 recording Brahn1s: Sonatas #1, #2 for Viola and Piano, Benjamin: Elegy and Waltz and Toccata, Harris: Soliloquy and Dance, Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro, Wtlliam Primrose, viola, William Kapell, Gerald Moore, Franz Rupp, pianos, Pearl PRL9253 (Koch International) Brahms: Two Songs for Soprano, Viola and Piano, Sonata for Viola and Piano #1, Sonata for Viola and Piano Ope 108, Yuri Bashmet, viola, Masur, soprano, Lobanov, piano. Live Classics LCL 661, (Qualiton) Bruch: Concerto for Clarinet, Viola and arch; Other works by Lutoslawski and Strauss, Tabea Zimmerman, viola, Bruner, clarinet, Zagrosik, condo Bamberg Symphony Orch., Schwann SWN 311065 (Koch International) Diana Burrell: Das Meer, Resurrection, Jane Atkins, viola, Northern Sinfonia, John Lubbock, conc. ASV CD DCA 977 (Koch International) Coulthard: Sonata Rhapsody for Viola and Piano, Martinu: Sonata for Viola, Mendelssohn: Sonata for Viola, Robert Verebes, viola, Dale Bartlett, piano. SNE 550 (Allegro)