CRYSTAL RECORDS  Yizhak Schotten, Viola Recordings

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Yizhak Schotten 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.

 

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.  "extremely expressive musician", Toronto Whig-Standard Magazine   UPC 00941476352-5  ORDER NOW

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Marais Five Dances:  Rondeau LĠAgreable    La Provencale   La Musette   La Matelotte   Le Basque     Schubert: Mvt 1(Allegro moderato)   Mvt 2(Adagio-Allegretto)     Britten: Lachrymae     Shulman: Theme and Variations

 

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  ORDER NOW

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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  ORDER NOW

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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

 

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  ORDER NOW

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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)

 

 

 

 

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 00941478372-1  ORDER NOW

This is Yizhak Schotten's fifth CD on Crystal Records.  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

 

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