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 
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Sound
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one minute of the movement shown.
Marais Five
Dances: L'AgreableLa Provencale
La Musette
La Matelotte
Le Basque
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
Sound
samples (uses RealPlayer) Click on the link to hear
approximately one minute of the movement shown.
Clarke
Sonata: Mvt 1(Impetuoso)
Mvt 2(Vivace)
Mvt 3(Adagio)
Bloch Suite: Mvt 1(Lento)
Mvt 2(Allegro
ironico)
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
Sound
samples (uses RealPlayer) Click on the link to hear
approximately one minute of the movement shown.
Bach
Concerto: Mvt 1(Allegro)
Mvt 2(Siciliano)
Mvt 3(Allegro)
Beethoven: Duo
Brahms Sonata: Mvt 1(Allegro)
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
Sound
samples (uses RealPlayer) Click on the link to hear
approximately one minute of the 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)
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.
Sound
samples (uses RealPlayer) Click on the link to hear up to one
minute of the movement shown.
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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