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CD630, Yizhak Schotten’s Tribute to
Lionel Tertis and William Primrose. UPC
009414763020. 
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Tertis and Primrose were the
most influential violists of the 20th century. Yizhak Schotten, a
prot_(c)g_(c) of Primrose and “one of America’s finest viola players”, (STRAD Magazine) performs 20 of their viola transcriptions.
This CD includes Haydn,
Allegro from Divertimento in D; Liszt, Liebestraum; C.P.E. Bach, Solfeggietto;
J.S. Bach, Komm Süsser Tod; Paganini, Caprices 5 & 13; Faur_(c), Apr_(r)s
un r_(c)ve; Rameau, Tambourin; Mendelssohn nn mmm, Auf Flugeln des Gesanges and May
Breezes; Boccherini, Allegro from Sonata #6; Schubert, Nacht und Träume;
Brahms, Minnelied; Benjamin, From San Domingo and Jamaican Rumba; Grieg, Ich
Liebe Dich; Kreisler, La Chasse and Praeludium & Allegro; Saint-Saëns, The
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CD635: YIZHAK SCHOTTEN, VIOLA. Benjamin
Britten, Lachrymae, op. 48, for Viola and String Orchestra; Alan Shulman, Theme and
Variations for Viola and Orchestra;
Franz Schubert, Sonata for Arpeggione;
Marin Marais, Five Old French Dances.
with Katherine Collier, piano;
Edward Parmentier, harpsichord;
Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra, Richard Rosenberg, conductor. Schotten: formerly with
Boston Symphony & principal with Houston Symphony; presently Prof. at Univ
of Michigan. "extremely
expressive musician", Toronto
Whig-Standard Magazine
UPC 00941476352-5 
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minute of the movement shown.
Marais Five Dances: Rondeau
L’Agreable La
Provencale La
Musette La
Matelotte
Le
Basque
Schubert: Mvt
1(Allegro moderato) Mvt
2(Adagio-Allegretto) Britten: Lachrymae Shulman: Theme
and Variations
CD636: PAUL CORTESE, VIOLA. Elliott
Carter, Elegy for Viola and Piano; William Bergsma, Fantastic Variations on a
Theme from Tristan and Isolde; Alan Hovhaness, Chahagir for Solo Viola; George
Rochberg, Sonata for Viola and Piano; Vincent Persichetti, Parable for Solo
Viola & Infanta
Marina. with Jon
Klibonoff, piano.
Cortese, formerly principal viola w/City of Birmingham (England) Symphony
Orchestra, Gothenburg (Sweden) Symphony; now principal w/Barcelona (Spain)
Symphony.
UPC 00941476362-4
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Carter: Elegy Bergsma: Variations Hovhaness: Chahagir Rochberg Sonata: Mvt
1(Allegro moderato) Mvt
2(Adagio lamentoso) Mvt
3 Persichetti: Parable
XVI Persichetti: Infanta
Marina
CD637: VIOLA
1919: Paul Hindemith, Sonata
for Viola & Piano; Rebecca Clarke, Sonata for Viola & Piano; Ernest
Bloch, Suite for Viola & Piano.
Three masterworks written in 1919. Yizhak Schotten, viola; Katherine Collier,
piano. "Splendid
viola sonatas, excitingly played",
Turok's Choice. UPC 00941476372-3
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Clarke Sonata: Mvt
1(Impetuoso) Mvt
2(Vivace) Mvt
3(Adagio) Bloch Suite: Mvt
1(Lento) Mvt
2(Allegro ironico) Mvt
3(Nocturne) Mvt
4(Land of the Sun) Hindemith:
Sonata Mvt
1(Fantasie) Mvt
2(Theme & Variations) Mvt
3(Finale)
CD638:
Bratsche!
YIZHAK SCHOTTEN, Viola. J.S. Bach, Concerto in D for Viola, Strings, and
Continuo (arr. from BWV 169, 49, 1053 by Yizhak Schotten); Beethoven, Duo for
Viola and Cello; Brahms, Sonata in E minor for Viola and Piano (trans. by
Lionel Tertis); Frank Bridge, Lament for Two Violas. with Paul Silverthorne, Viola; Peter
Rejto, Cello; and the Ann Arbor Sinfonietta.
UPC 00941476382-2
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Bach Concerto: Mvt
1(Allegro) Mvt
2(Siciliano) Mvt
3(Allegro) Beethoven: Duo Brahms Sonata: Mvt
1(Allegro) Mvt
2(Allegretto quasi Menuetto) Mvt
3(Allegro) Bridge: Lament
CD647: Viola and the Winds.
James Dunham, Viola; Westwood Wind Quintet; Jack Sanders, Guitar. Gustav Holst, Terzetto for
Flute, Oboe, & Viola; Jerzy Sapieyevski, Concerto for Viola and Winds;
Anthony Plog, Four Miniatures for Viola and Wind Quintet; Karl Kohn, Colla Voce
for Viola and Guitar.
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James Dunham was violist with the Grammy Award
winning Cleveland Quartet. He presently teaches at the Shepherd School of Music
in Houston, Texas. The Westwood Wind Quintet, founded in 1959, has performed
thousands of concerts and has been described as "probably the best group
of this kind anywhere."
(New Orleans Courier)
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Sapieyevski: Concerto
Holst Terzetto: Mvt
1(Allegretto) Mvt
2(Un poco vivace) Plog Miniatures: Mvt
1(Pastoral) Mvt
2(Toccata) Mvt
3(Chorale) Mvt
4(Allegro) Kohn: Colla
Voce
CD832: SCHOTTEN PLAYS
BRAHMS. Yizhak Schotten, Viola, with David Hardy, Cello; Katherine
Collier, Piano, & the Chester String Quartet. Brahms,
Clarinet Trio, op. 114, & Clarinet Quintet, op. 115, played on Viola (which
was Brahms' alternate version). UPC 00941478322-6
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Yizhak
Schotten was formerly violist in the Boston Symphony and principal with the
Cincinnati and Houston Symphonies. He is presently Viola
Professor at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Previously he was Viola Professor at the University of
Washington in Seattle.
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movement shown.
Trio in A Minor: Mvt
1 (Allegro) Mvt
1 (Adagio) Mvt
3 (Andante grazioso) Mvt
4 (Allegro) Quintet in B
Minor: Mvt
1 (Allegro) Mvt
2 (Adagio) Mvt
3 (Andantino... Presto non assai, ma
con sentimento) Mvt
4 (Con moto)
CD833: VIOLA VIEW. Paul Cortese, Viola. With Herwig Coryn,
Cello; Artanios Roc, Piano. Otto Luening: Suite for Viola and Piano; Witold
Lutoslawski: Bucolics; Rebecca Clarke: Lullaby and Grotesque; Ralph Vaughan
Williams: Romance for Viola and Piano; Walter Piston: Duo for Viola and
Violoncello; Roy Harris: Soliloquy and Dance. UPC
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Paul Cortese has been principal violist with the City of Birmingham (England), Gothenberg (Sweden), and Barcelona (Spain) Symphony Orchestras, and is an internationally-acclaimed soloist and chamber musician.
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Luenning: Suite: Recitative Scherzo
Elegy Dance Lutoslawski: Bucolics: Mvmt
1 Mvmt
2 Mvmt
3 Mvmt
4 Mvmt
5 Clarke: Lullaby and Grotesque Vaughan Williams: Romance Piston: Duo: Mvmt
1 Mvmt
2 Mvmt
3 Harris: Soliloquy and Dance
CD834: Viola Swirl. Carol Rodland, Viola. With Tatevik Mokatsian, Piano. Kenji Bunch: Suite; Dan Coleman: Summer ; Christopher
Theofanidis: Flow My Tears; George Gershwin: Fascinatin’ Rhythm; Summertime; I Got Rhythm; Cole Porter: From This Moment On;
Begin the Beguine; Anything
Goes UPC 00941478432-4
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Carol Rodland made her debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1985 and has
performed to critical acclaim throughout North America and Europe. She has taught at The Juilliard School
and since 2002 has been on the faculty of the New England Conservatory. “beautifully recorded and produced
CD.”
STRAD Magazine. “Rodland’s tone is larger than life, sweetly in tune, and
infinitely variegated.” Fanfare.
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Bunch: Suite Rhapsody Scherzo Lament Cadenza Allegro Coleman: Summer
Theofanidis: Flow
My Tears Gershwin: Fascinatin'
Rhythm Summertime I
Got Rhythm Porter: From
this moment on Begin
the beguine Anything
Goes
CD837:The Elegant Viola. Yizhak Schotten,
Viola.
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Suite for Viola & Orchestra; J.S. Bach, Fantasia; W.F.
Bach, Sonata for Viola and Harpsichord; Michael Colgrass, Variations for Four
Drums and Viola.
Yizhak Schotten, Viola; Carole Terry, Harpsichord; Frank Epstein, Percussion;
Slovak Radio Orchestra, Kirk Trevor, Conductor
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This is Yizhak Schotten's fifth CD on Crystal Records. He has been called "one of America's finest string players" by STRAD Magazine. Schotten is formerly principal viola of the Houston and Cincinnati Symphonies, and a member of the Boston Symphony. He is one of the most respected violists in the world. He now teaches at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. This is one of the only available recordings of the beautiful Suite by Vaughan Williams, and is the only recording of the Variations by Michael Colgrass.
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Vaughan Williams: Suite: Prelude Carol Christmas
Dance Ballad Moto
Perpetuo Musette Polka
Melancolique Galop J.S. Bach: Fantasia
Cromatica W.F. Bach: Sonata in C minor: Mvmt
1 Mvmt
2 Mvmt
3 Colgrass: Variations
CD838: Finale: Sonatas for Viola. Paul Cortese, Viola. With Juan
Carlos Garvayo, Piano. Dmitri
Shostakovich, Sonata for Viola and Piano, op. 147; Grazyna Bacewicz, Sonata for
Viola Solo; Aram Khachaturian, Sonata for Viola Solo; Bohuslav Martinu, Sonata
for Viola and Piano. UPC
00941478382-0 
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Shostakovitch’s Viola Sonata
was written just before his death, inspiring Khachaturian to write his Solo
Sonata just months later. Bacewicz’ last published work was a viola concerto,
and Martinu returned to the viola near the end of his life. The music on this CD are profound
works, possibly among the most moving pieces ever written by these composers.
Paul Cortese has been principal
viola with the Gothenburg Symphony, Neeme Jarvi, conductor. He has been guest principal in over a
dozen European orchestras and is featured chamber player in numerous worldwide
festivals. This is his third CD on Crystal Records. The American Record Guide
said his “performances are elegant. The technique of Cortese is superb.”
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shown.
Shostakovich Sonata: Moderato Allegretto Adagio Bacewicz Sonata: Adagio,
Allegro, Adagio Presto Khachaturian Sonata Martinu Sonata: Poco
andante, Moderato Allegro
non troppo
CD839: American Weavings, Carol Rodland, Viola; Catherine Rodland,
Organ. UPC
009414783929. ORDER NOW
John
Weaver, Concert Piece for Viola and Organ; Christopher Gable, Teshuvah for Viola and Organ; Augusta Read Thomas, Incantation and Pulsar for
Solo Viola; Daniel Pinkham, A
Proclamation for Organ and Sonata
da Chiesa for Viola and Organ; Craig
Phillips, Toccata on ‘Hyfrydol’ for Organ Solo; John Weaver, Three Chorale Preludes for Viola and
Organ.
Carol Rodland is Viola Professor at the Eastman School of Music and is an international soloist. Catherine Rodland is artist-in-residence at St. Olaf College and also concertizes throughout the U.S. and Canada. The unusual combination of viola and organ is shown to great advantage in these premiere recordings. “an awesome combination, when the instruments [are viola and organ] and the music, as it is in each piece on this recital, is noble in intent. The Rodland sisters play with charisma and style.” Gramophone.
CD839 Sound samples (mp3 files) Click on the link to hear up to 35 seconds of the movement shown.
Weaver Concert
Piece for Viola and Organ Gable Teshuvah
Thomas Incantation Pulsar
Pinkham A
Proclamation for Organ Pinkham Sonata da Chiesa Adagio;
Allegro Andantino Presto;
Adagietto Giocoso
Phillips Toccata
on ‘Hyfrydol’ Weaver Three Chorale Preludes Wondrous
Love Land of
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Cassettes
C635: YIZHAK SCHOTTEN, VIOLA. Benjamin Britten:
Lachrymae; Alan
Shulman: Theme & Variations;
Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata;
Marais: Five French Dances.
Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra, Rosenberg, cond.
009414763549 Cassette SOLD OUT (see CD635)
C647: JAMES DUNHAM, VIOLA, &
Westwood Wind Quintet.
Gustav Holst: Terzetto
for Flute, Oboe, & Viola;
Jerzy Sapieyevski:
Concerto for Viola & Winds;
Anthony Plog: Four
Miniatures for Viola & Wind Quintet. 009414764744 Cassette SOLD OUT (see CD647)
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