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CD630: YIZHAK SCHOTTEN’S TRIBUTE TO TERTIS AND PRIMROSE Tertis and
Primrose were the most influential violists of the 20th century.
Yizhak Schotten, a protégé 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; Fauré, Après un
Rêve; Rameau: Tambourin; Mendelssohn: 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 Swan.
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Haydn: Allegro
di Molto from Divertimento in D
Liszt: Liebestraum
No. 3 CPE Bach: Solfeggietto JS Bach:
Komm
Süsser Tod Paganini: Caprice
No. 13 Fauré: Après
un Rêve Kreisler: Tambourin
en Rondeau Mendelssohn: Auf
Flügeln des Gesanges
Boccherini: Allegro
from Sonata No. 6 in A
Schubert: Nacht
und Träume Benjamin: From
San Domingo Fauré: Élégie Paganini:
Caprice
No. 5 Brahms: Minnelied Benjamin:
Jamaican
Rumba Grieg: Jeg
Elsker Dig (Ich Liebe Dich)
Mendelssohn/Kreisler: May
Breezes (Song Without Words)
Kreisler: Le
Chasse Saint-Saëns: Le
Cygne (The Swan) Kreisler:
Praeludium
and Allegro
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.
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Schotten, formerly with Boston Symphony and principal with Houston Symphony, is presently Professor at University of Michigan. "...extremely expressive musician." Toronto Whig-Standard Magazine
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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
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With Jon Klibonoff, piano. Cortese, formerly principal viola with City of
Birmingham (England) Symphony Orchestra, and the Gothenburg (Sweden) Symphony,
is now principal viola with Barcelona (Spain) Symphony.
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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, Yizhak Schotten, Viola. Paul Hindemith: Sonata for Viola & Piano; Rebecca
Clarke: Sonata for Viola & Piano; Ernest Bloch: Suite for Viola &
Piano.
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Three masterworks written in 1919 featuring
Yizhak Schotten on viola and Katherine Collier on piano. "Splendid viola sonatas, excitingly played" Turok's Choice.
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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: BRATSHE! 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.
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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
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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
CD825 – SILVER and GOLD, Cynthia
Koledo DeAlmeida, Oboe; Noah Bendix-Balgley, Violin; Meng
Wang, Viola; William Caballero, Horn; David Premo, Cello; Marina Schmidt
Lupinacci, Piano; Rodrigo Ojeda, Piano.
Alexander Wunderer,
Sonata in B minor for Oboe and Piano, op. 3; Carl Reinecke, Trio in A
minor for Oboe, Horn, and Piano, op. 188; Malcolm Arnold, Quartet for
Oboe, Violin, Viola, and Cello, op. 61; Michael
Moricz, Three Consequences for Four Players (Oboe, Horn, Cello, Piano). UPC
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Cynthia
Koledo DeAlmeida has been principal oboe with the Pittsburgh Symphony since
1991. All the players on this CD are or were principals in the Pittsburgh
Symphony. Noah Bendix-Balgley was recently appointed First Concertmaster of the
Berlin Philharmonic. DeAlmeida was called “hands
down one of the best players in the world” in a review in the
American Record Guide of her first Crystal solo CD.
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Wunderer: Sonata in B minor I.
Andante II.
Tempo giusto III.
Adagio ma non troppo IV.
Presto Reinecke: Trio in A
minor I.
Allegro moderato II.
Scherzo: Molto vivace III.
Adagio IV.
Finale: Allegro ma non troppo Arnold: Quartet
for Oboe, Violin, Viola, and Cello I.
Allegro non troppo II.
Allegretto III.
Vivace con brio Moricz: Three
Consequences for Four Players I.
Allegro deciso II.
Valse lente III.
Allegro giocoso
CD832: SCHOTTEN PLAYS BRAHMS. Yizhak Schotten, Viola, with David
Hardy, Cello; Katherine Collier, Piano, and the Chester String Quartet. Brahms: Clarinet Trio, op. 114, & Clarinet
Quintet, op. 115, played on Viola (which was Brahms' alternate version).
Yizhak
Schotten was formerly violist in the Boston Symphony and principal with the
Cincinnati and Houston Symphonies, and was Viola Professor at the University of
Washington in Seattle. He is presently
Viola Professor at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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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.
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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, and Anything Goes.
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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. UPC 009414783721
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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.
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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 with Neeme
Jarvi conducting. 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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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. 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.
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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.
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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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CD880 – Dialogue: Carol Rodland, Viola; Scott
Kluksdahl, Cello. Béla
Bartók, 23 Duos for Viola and Cello (transcribed for Viola and Cello by Peter
Bartók –son of Béla – from Béla Bartók’s 44 Duos for Violin); Augusta Read
Thomas, Dream Catcher for Solo Viola; David Del Tredici, Cello Acrostic for
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Carol Rodland, one of the world’s finest violists, teaches at
Eastman School of Music, and previously at the New England Conservatory of
Music and The Juilliard School. She has three CDs on Crystal. Fanfare Magazine has written “Rodland’s
tone is larger than life, sweetly in tune, and infinitely variegated.” Scott Kluksdahl
teaches at the University of South Florida. He has performed and recorded with
the Lions Gate Trio for 20 years and is currently a member of the Veronika
String Quartet. Strings Magazine has called him “a
simply superb cellist, playing with consummate technical ease, a beautiful
sound, total conviction, authority and dedication to the music.” “Bartók’s Duos are played here with love and beauty of
tone.” (American Record Guide)
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Bartók: 23Duos for
Viola and Cello Maypole
Dance Menuetto Slovakian
Song Play
Song Ruthenian
Song Wedding
Song Pillow
Dance Soldiers’
Song Hungarian
March Burlesque A
Fairy Tale Dialogue New
Year’s Song Farewell
to the Bride Jeering
Song Hungarian
Song Grief Dance
from Maramaros Ruthenian
Kolomeika Walachian
Dance Arabian
Song Pizzicato Transylvanian
Dance Thomas: Dream
Catcher Del Tredici: Cello
Acrostic Piston: Duo for Viola
and Cello I.
Allegro risoluto II.
Andante sereno III.
Allegro brillante
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