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Recently Released Viola Recordings and other Viola Recordings of Interest

• Garth Knox: Viola Spaces.
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• Melia Watras: Prestidigitation.
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• Kim Kashkashian: Asturiana - Songs from Spain and Argentina
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• Sheila Browne: Music for Viola and Cello
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• Kathryn Lockwook (The Lark Quartet): Klap Ur Handz
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• Jeanne Mallow: Complete Solo Viola Music of Lillian Fuchs
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• Karen Dreyfus: American Journeys: New Viola Concerti
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• Doris Lederer: York Bowen Viola Music
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• Leanne Darling: Spiral
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• Patricia McCarty: Telemann Fantasias.
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• Ljova: VJOLA: World on Four Strings.
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• Paul Neubauer: Music of Robert Schumann.
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• David Wallace: Nahum / What a Friend.
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• Lawrence Power: Viola Concertos by York Bowen and Cecil Forsyth.
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Garth Knox

Viola Spaces
Mode 207 (2009)

Garth Knox, Viola
Johannes Eva, Viola
Julien Heichelbech, Viola
Cyprien Busolini, Viola
Aurélien Grais, Viola
Marie Petit, Viola
Carol Robinson, Clarinet
Nathalie Chabot, Violin
Agnès Vesterman, Cello
Gérard Buquet, Tuba

Garth Knox - Viola Spaces (eight concert studies) (2007):
Nine fingers
One finger
Beside the bridge
Ghosts
Harmonic horizon
Rapid repeat
In between
Up, down, sideways, round
Viola Spaces Variations on Marin Marais for 4 violas
Garth Knox - La Valse de la Vineuse for viola d'amore, clarinet, violin and cello (2005)
Garth Knox - Jonah and the Whale for viola and tuba (1996)
Garth Knox - Ockeghem Fantasy for viola d'amore and 5 violas (2001)

For more information - visit: Mode Records

For videos about these works: http://garthknox.org/spaces.html

The music can be ordered at: www.schott-music.com/shop/1/show,236087.html

Melia Watras

Prestidigitation
Fleur De Son 57992 (2008)

Melia Watras, Viola
William George, Tenor

Richard Karpen (born 1957) - Aperature for amplified viola and interactive
electronics (2006)
Juan Pampin (born 1967) - Nada for viola and live electronics (2006)
Heinrich Taube (born 1953) - Tacoma Narrows for viola and tape (2006)
Diane Thome (born 1942) - And Yet... for viola and computer-realized sound
(2006)
Brent Michael Davids (born 1959) - Viola Jokes (2005) [with William George]

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Kim Kashkashian

Asturiana - Songs from Spain and Argentina
ECM New Series 9679 (2007)

Kim Kashkashian, Viola
Robert Levin, Piano

Manuel de Falla - Asturiana
Enrique Granados - Four Songs, from Tonadillas al estilo antiguo
Carlos Guastavino - La rosa y el sauce
Alberto Ginestera - Triste
Xavier Montsalvatge - Four Songs from Cinco canciones negras
Manuel de Falla - Siete canciones populares espanolas
Carlos Guastavino - Five Songs: Se equivoco la paloma...; Abismo de sed; Pampamapa; Bonita rama de sause; La rosa y el sauce
Carlos Lopez Buchardo - Two Songs from Cinco canciones argentinas al estilo popular

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Sheila Browne

Music for Viola and Cello
Centaur 2798 (2006, recorded 2005)

Sheila Browne, Viola
Wesley Baldwin, Cello

Paul Hindemith - Duo for Viola and Cello
Witold Lutoslawski - Bucolics for Viola and Violoncello (Bukoliki)
Ludwig van Beethoven - Duet for Viola and Cello in E flat major, WoO 32 ("With eyeglasses obligato")
Rebecca Clarke - Two Pieces for Viola and Cello (1917)
Walter Piston - Duo for Viola and Cello
Dan Coleman - Dezembrum for Viola and Cello

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Kathryn Lockwook (The Lark Quartet)

"Klap Ur Handz"
END-Endeavour Classics 1018 (2006)

Kathryn Lockwood, Viola
Maria Bachmann, Violin
Deborah Buck, Violin
Astrid Schween, Cello
Yousif Sheronick, Percussion

Schickele - Scherzo from Quartet No. 2 “In Memoriam”
Moravec - Atmosfera a Villa Aurelia
Moravec - Vince & Jan: 1945
Gershwin (arr. Silverman) - He Loves and She Loves / Fascinatin’ Rhythm / Do It Again / Clap Your Hands / Sweet & Low Down
Roumain - Quartet No. 5 “Rosa Parks”
Roumain - Klap Ur Hands [Remix with Percussion]

The Lark Quartet, Maria Bachmann and Deborah Buck violins; Kathryn Lockwood, viola and Astrid Schween, cello, are featured on Klap Ur Handz, a new Endeavor Classics recording. The CD of all American composers features world premieres by Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) and Paul Moravec, a quartet by Peter Schickele, as well as never before recorded arrangements of five Gershwin songs.

This Klap Ur Handz recording of an American musical landscape represents the Lark Quartet's long-time association with new music and adventuresome programming. The recording includes traditional string quartet performances and explores a fresh innovative style with contemporary music including a remix of Daniel Bernard Roumain’s (DBR) Quartet No. 5 with a hip-hop drum track.

Performing with a unique blend of excitement, individuality, technical brilliance and an unusually sonorous quartet sound, the Lark Quartet is critically acclaimed for a strong presence of each member of the quartet. These performers have combined to form a "polished and warmly communicative ensemble" that delivers "a performance of grace, proportion, and burnished brilliance," according to Tim Page of the Washington Post.

More information: www.allegro-music.com

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Jeanne Mallow

Lillian Fuchs Solo Works
Naxos 8.557932-33 (2006)

Jeanne Mallow, Viola

Lillian Fuchs - 16 Fantasy Etudes
Lillian Fuchs - Sonata Pastorale
Lillian Fuchs - 15 Characteristic Studies
Lillian Fuchs - 12 Caprices

Karen Dreyfus

American Journeys
MMC Records 2149 (2006)

Karen Dreyfus, Viola
Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava), Vladimir Valek, Conductor (Stanley)
Silesian Philharmonic Orchestra, Jerzy Swoboda, Conductor (Stranberg and Hoose)
Warsaw National Philharmonic, Carl St. Clair, Conductor (McKinley)

Al Hoose - Excursions, for Viola and Orchestra
William Thomas McKinley - Concert Variations
Helen Stanley - Concerto Romantico
Newton Strandberg - Concerto for Viola and Orchestra

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Doris Lederer

Bowen Viola Works
Centaur CRC 2786 (2006, recorded 2004)

Doris Lederer, Viola
Bruce Murray, Piano
Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Paul Polivnick, Conductor

York Bowen - Viola Concerto in C minor, Op. 25 (1907)
York Bowen - Sonata for Viola and Piano in F Major (No. 2) (1911)
York Bowen - Melody for the C String, Op. 51, No. 2

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Leanne Darling

Spiral
(2006, recorded 2005)

Leanne Darling, Viola

Viola and electronics in a mix of modern classical,jazz, blues with a touch of the middle east and gypsy influences. Tracks: 1. Pollock, 2. Boom Blues, 3. Bad Haircut, 4. 13, 5. Taqsim, 6. Spiral, 7. Mirage, 8. Gypsy Dream, 9. Viola Split (Griffiths), 10. Aftershock

For more information and to order: cdbaby.com/cd/leannedarling

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Patricia McCarty

Telemann Fantasias
Ashmont (2006)

Patricia McCarty, Viola

Georg Philipp Telemann - 12 Fantasias for Viola
Fantasia X in G major
Fantasia I in Eb major
Fantasia II in C major
Fantasia III in Bb minor
Fantasia XI in Bb major
Fantasia XII in D minor
Fantasia VII in Ab major
Fantasia IX in E minor
Fantasia IV in G major
Fantasia VI in A minor
Fantasia VIII in A major
Fantasia V in D major

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Ljova

AKA Lev "Ljova" Zhurbin

VJOLA: World on Four Strings
(2006)

Lev "Ljova" Zhurbin, Viola

Pieces by Lev Zhurbin - Tracks: 1. Central Park in the Dark, 2. Bagel on the Malecon, 3. O'er, 4. Plume, 5. Ori's Fearful Symmetry, 6. Coffee + Rum, 7. Middle Village, 8. Army of Me, 9. Garmoshka (featuring Michael Ward-Bergeman on accordion), 10. Crosstown, 11. Seltzer, Do I Drink Too Much?, 12. Four, 13. Collage, 14. Breadbasket Blues, 15. Spring Valley Sunset

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Paul Neubauer

Schumann Works
Image Recordings IMC0501 (2005)

Paul Neubauer, Viola
Anne-Marie McDermott, Piano

Robert Schumann - Märchenbilder, Op. 113
Robert Schumann - Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73
Robert Schumann - Adagio and Allegro in Ab major, Op. 70
Robert Schumann - Three Romances, Op. 94
Robert Schumann - Five Pieces in Folk Style, Op. 102

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David Wallace

Nahum
530 RPM (2005)

David Wallace, Viola

Nahum / What a Friend: Electric Improvisations on an American Hymn

What a Friend: Electric Improvisations on an American Hymn was recorded sometime after 4 a.m. on May 31, 2004 following a night of intense free jazz at New York City's Vision Festival.

Notes:
"Behold, I am against thee. . ."
A few generations after Jonah, the ancient Hebrew prophet Nahum delivers another message of impending doom to the people of Nineveh, capitol city of the ancient Assyrian empire. In beautiful language, but graphic and unsettling terms, Nahum foretells an end to the Lord's patience with a violent, imperialistic nation. The prophet predicts a siege, a flood, and the bloody and fiery annihilation of the Ninevites. Unusually sonic in his imagery, Nahum's oracle describes galloping warhorses, clattering chariots, clashing swords, roaring lions, wailing refugees, whirlwinds, storms, and widespread panic. The prophesy was fulfilled to the letter when Nineveh fell to the combined forces of the Babylonians, Medes, and Scythians in 612 BC. Nahum (Annihilation Mix 1.1) channels the essence of this prophesy through a six-string electric Viper-Viola.

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Lawrence Power

Bowen and Forsyth
Hyperion CDA67546

Lawrence Power, Viola
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins, Conductor

York Bowen - Viola Concerto in C minor
Cecil Forsyth - Viola Concerto in G minor

Reviewed in Strad Magazine, July 2005 (pages 87-88).

More information - Hyperion Website.

The York Bowen Concerto is published by Josef Weinberger, which also publishes the composers' Phantasy and Rhapsody, both for viola and piano. Visit Weinberger's website.

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Donna Lively Clark

Una Viola Porteña
Centaur CRC 2751 (2005, recorded 2002-2004)

Donna Lively Clark, Viola
Sebastián Zambrana, Guitar
Walter Ríos, Bandenéon
Gabriel Said, Percussion
Nestor Tedesco, Cello
Silvia Lester, Piano
Orquesta Típica

Carlos Gardel - El Día Que Me Quieras
Sebastián Zambrana - Miradas Rioplatenses for Viola and Guitar
Sebastián Zambrana - Trionga for Viola, Cello and Guitar
Astor Piazzolla - Tango Etude No. 4
Astor Piazzolla - Dos Piezas Breve para Viola y Piano (1949)
Astor Piazzolla - Lo Que Vendrá (1950-52)
Astor Piazzolla - Cafe (1930)
Astor Piazzolla - Nightclub (1960)
Sebastián Piana - Milonga Triste (1933)
Alberto Ginastera - Vida, Vidita, Vidala (1938), from Cantos Del Tucuman

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Doris Lederer

The Passion of Bliss, Bowen and Bridge
Centaur CRC 2692

Doris Lederer, Viola
Dariusz Korcz, Viola
Jennifer Cassin, Viola
Franklin Shaw, Viola
Bruce Murray, Piano

York Bowen - Fantasie Quartet for Four Violas
Frank Bridge - Lament for 2 Violas (Ms. Lederer and Mr. Korcz)
York Bowen - Melody on the G String, Op. 47
York Bowen - Rhapsody for Viola and Piano
Arthur Bliss - Sonata for Viola and Pianoforte

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Shmuel Katz

Bach, Hindemith and Mozart

Shmuel Katz, Viola
Dmitri Shteinberg, Piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (arr. Katz) - Sonata for Viola and Piano, K. 378
Paul Hindemith - Sonata for Viola and Piano 1939
J.S. Bach - Sonata in G minor for Viola da Gamba and Cembalo, BWV 1029

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