JAVS Summer 2000

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RECORDINGS

Britten: Concerto for Violin and Viola (Double); Young Apollo; Two Portraits; Sinfonietta; Yuri Bashmet, viola; Gidon Kremer; Nicolai Lubansky, piano; Halle Orchestra; Kent Nagano, conductor; Erato 3984-25502-2 (Atlantic Records) Strings Attached: Daren Hagen: Suite for Viola; Suite for Cello; Suite for Violin; Duo for Violin and Cello; Charles Noble, viola; Michaels Paetsch Net-tel, violin; Robert Larue, cello; Ardis CD Ill (Albany) Ellis Kohs: Viola and String Nonet; Chamber Concerto; A Short concert; Violin Sonatinas; Passacaglia; Toccata; Ferenc Molnar, viola; Eunice Shapiro, violin; Albert Dominguez, et al; CRI 795 (Koch International) Martinu: Sonatina for Viola #1; Oboe Quartet; Quintet for Strings; Piano Quartet #1; Rainer Moog, viola; Daniel Boni, piano; et al; Naxos 8.553916 Review: I don't know how I let a terrific disk like this slip through my fingers. It was origi nally recorded in Australia in 1994 and released two years later. In the past four or five years I have really gotten into the beauties of Martinu's music. It was so nice to hear some music of his, that I was not familiar with. Knowing Naxos, the price is always right. Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante K 364; Beethoven: Concerto for Violin: David Oistrakh, viola; Igor Oistrakh, violin; Yehudi Menuhin, violin and conductor; BBC Symphony Orchestra; BBC 4019

Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; lzler Solomon, conductor; William Walton, conductor; Avid Masters AMSC 604 (Qualiton) Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante, K364; Schubert: Quintet for Strings in C; Peter Schidlof, viola; Norbert Brainin, violin; William Pleeth, cello; London Mozart Players; Harry Blech, conductor; Testament Mono SAT 1157 Mozart: Divertimento K 563; Schubert: String Trio; Dresden String Trio; Sebastian Herberg, viola; Jorg Fasmann, violin; Michael Pfander, cello; Querstand 9901 Qem) Rolla: Duets for Violin and Viola; Luigi Albert Bianchi; Salvatore Accardo, violin; Dynamic DYN 252 (Qualiton) Schumann: Marchenbilder; Herzogenberg: Legenden; Brahms: Sonata for Viola #2; Paul Coletti, viola; Friedemann Rieger, piano; Ars Produktion FCD 368308 Review: Paul Coletti does his usual very sensi tive, lyric, and technically accurate perform ances of the two works that have been per formed by many famous violists-the Brahms and Schumann. It is with the composition of Herzogenberg that my interest soared. I am always interested in hearing works of com posers that I am not familiar with. Herzogenberg (1843-1900) was a close friend of Brahms and he was certainly influenced by the lyric and dramatic qualities of his famous friend. Telemann: concerto for Viola; Recorder Suite in A minor; Tafelmusik; Ladislav Kyselak, viola; Capella lstropolitana; Naxos 8.5501056 Paganini: Sonatas for Viola; Luigi Albert Bianchi, viola; dynamic DYN 259 (Qualiton)

Note: Recorded from a live broadcast in 1963.

Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante, K 364; Walton: Viola Concerto; Sinfonia Con certante; William Primrose, viola; Albert Spalding, violin; Phyllis Selleck, piano; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia