Viola > Enescu, George

The Unknown Enescu, Vol. 1: Music for Violin / Sherban Lupu, violin; Enescu Ensemble

1 CD / Toccata / 2012-10-30

Works: George Enescu: Aubade, for violin, viola & cello in C major; Pastorale, Menuet Triste et Nocturne, for violin & piano, 4 hands; Sarabande, for violin; Sérénade lointaine, for violin, cello ...
Performers: Cazacu, Marin; Dumitrescu, Ilinca; Golescu, Samir; Hobson, Ian [Piano]; Kouzov, Dmitry; Lupu, Sherban; Rostad, Masumi Per
Conductors: ; Lupu, Sherban
Ensemble: ; Enescu Ensemble; Enescu Ensemble of the University of Illinois

Enescu is one of the great composers, although the world has yet to realise the extent of his achievement. His small published uvre of 33...continue...
Recording information: The "Mihail Jora" Concert Hall, Radio Broadcasting Hous (04/10/2011-04/11/2011); The Kranert Center for the Performing Arts, University (04/10/2011-04/11/2011); The "Mihail Jora...continue...

Short Stories - Works for viola & piano by Clarke, Enescu, Jolas, Porter, Ligeti et al. / Melia Watras, viola; Kimberly Russ, piano

1 CD / Fleur de Son / 2012-05-29

Works: Rebecca Clarke: Passacaglia on an Old English Tune, for viola/cello & piano; George Enescu: Concert Piece for Viola and Piano; Betsy Jolas: Episode sixième for viola; Quincy Porter: Speed Etude;...
Performers: Russ, Kimberly; Watras, Melia

Short Stories demonstrates the versatility of the viola. In gathering these works, I wanted to find a wide variety of sound, color, and emotional content....continue...
Recording information: Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA (07/2001/08/2009)....continue...

Enescu: Chamber Music 1895-1906 / Claudia Bara, Tatiana Samouil, etc.

1 CD / Indesens / 2012-01-10

Works: George Enescu: Suite for piano no 2 in D major, Op. 10; Impromptu concertant, for violin & piano in G flat major; Ballade, for violin & orchestra, Op. 4a; Concert Piece for Viola and Piano; Georges E...
Performers: Bara, Claudia [Piano]; Causse, Gerard [Viola]; Grimm, Justus; Lucas, Vincent; Mellardi, Frederic; Rotaru, Carmen-Elena; Samouil, Tatiana

All the works included in this collection were composed around 1900, during one of Enescu's most productive periods. The artists performing them are Slavonic and...continue...
Recording information: Eglise Evangélique Saint Marcel, Paris, France (06/2011)....continue...

Music For Viola And Piano by Martinu, Kodaly, Dohnanyi, Joachim, Enescu / Sarah-Jane Bradley, viola; Anthony Hewitt, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-09-27

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Sonata for viola & piano, H. 355; Zoltán Kodály: Adagio for Violin/Viola/Cello and Piano; Ernst von Dohnányi: Sonata for violin & piano in C sharp minor, Op. 21; Jose...
Performers: Bradley, Sarah-Jane; Hewitt, Anthony [Piano]

The viola works on this recording fuse lyricism with virtuosity, and sometimes invoke folkloric moments as well as more rhapsodic flights. Martinu's 1955 Sonata plays...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Westleton, Suffolk, UK (07/24/2008-07/25/2008)....continue...

Enescu: Complete Works for Violin, Viola & Piano

2 CD / Telos / 2011-02-22

Works: George Enescu: Sonata for violin & piano no 1 in D major, Op. 2; Concert Piece for Viola and Piano; Impressions d'enfance, for violin & piano in D major, Op. 28; Impromptu concertant, for violin & pi...
Performers: Breuninger, Albrecht Laurent; Duis, Thomas

"Both of these musicians have a clear understanding of Enescu's writing and the sophisticated development of a unique melodic and harmonic development that the composer...continue...
Recording information: SWR Kammermusikstudio Stuttgart (02/2003-01/2005)....continue...

Gypsic / Romain Descharmes, piano; Christophe Morin, cello

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-07-27

Works: Vittorio Monti: Czárdas no 1; Maurice Ravel: Tzigane; Berceuse sur le nom de Fauré; Sonata for Violin; George Enescu: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in A minor, Op. 25; Pablo de Saras...
Performers: Amar, Armand; Barli, Guillaume; Berthaud, Lise; Buscail, Virginie; Chirokoliyska, Maria; Crambes, Nathalie; Descharmes, Romain; Fouchenneret, Pierre; Gaigne, Tiphaine; Gonzales, Chilly; Jouannie, Ale...
Conductors: Zielinski, Aurélien Azan

'Gypsic' is the very first recording of violinist Sarah Nemtanu who brings a subtle touch of Balkanese extravagance to classical masterpieces from Ravel and Enesco....continue...
Recording information: Studios Babel, Paris, France (01/2010/03/2010)....continue...

Fauré & His Circle

1 CD / Deux Elles / 2010-03-09

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: romance; Ascanio; Gabriel Fauré: Fantaisie for Flute and Piano, Op. 79; Morceau de lecture for Violin and Piano; Vocalise-étude; Claude Debussy: Pelléas et ...
Performers: Bayliss, Richard; Power, Lawrence; Shaw, Richard; Thomas, Kathryn

This concert of music for flute is performed by Kathryn Thomas, a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music and is now an associate there,...continue...
Recording information: Leighton Park School, Reading, UK....continue...

Virtuoso Viola

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-02-23

Works: Arthur Benjamin: Le Tombeau de Ravel for clarinet & piano, "Valse-Caprices"; George Enescu: Concert Piece for Viola and Piano; Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV 904; Joseph Jo...
Performers: Chase, Roger; Otaki, Michiko

Lovers of the viola will rejoice at this deliciously varied musical feast: Zoltan Kodaly's magnificent transcription of Bach's 'Chromatic Fantasia, Paganini's 'Sonata' (actually a theme...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Westleton, Suffolk, England (2007-01-04_2007-01-05&2007-)....continue...

Romantic Showpieces for Viola: Hummel, Schumann, Bruch

1 CD / ACA Digital / 2010-01-12

Works: Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Potpourri for viola & orchestra in G minor ("Fantaisie"), Op. 94; Robert Schumann: Märchenbilder for viola (or violin) & piano, Op. 113; George Enescu: Concert Piece for V...
Performers: Ho, En-Chi Anna [Piano]; Neumann, Mark [Viola]

A native of Canada, Mark Neumann is professor of viola at the University of Georgia in Athens. He studied at the University of Victoria, the...continue...
Recording information: Ramsey Concert Hall at The University of Georgia (07/17/2006-07/22/2006)....continue...

Octets for Strings - Mendelssohn/Enescu/Tetzlaff/Faust/Weithaas

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2009-09-08

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Octet for strings in E flat major, Op. 20; George Enescu: String Octet in C major, Op. 7
Performers: Batiashvili, Elisabeth; Faust, Isabelle; Gowers, Katherine; Kam, Ori; Rivinius, Gustav; Roberts, Rachel [Viola]; Tamesit, Antoine; Tetzlaff, Christian [Violin]; Tetzlaff, Tanja; Viersen, Quirine; Wei...

Mendelssohn's octet for strings is most likely the crown of the genre, played here by superb chamber musicians. Conversely, the Enescu octet is an amazing...continue...

Brahms, Bridge, Enescu, et al / Rysanov, Chang

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO 2 "FAE Sonata"; Mikhail Glinka: Sonata for viola & piano in D minor, G. iv3; George Enescu: Concert Piece for Viola and Piano; Frank Brid...
Performers: Chang, Evelyn; Rysanov, Maxim

"...the playing, in its technical command and imaginative grasp, is outstanding. One feels that Maxim Rysanov has a very special relationship with his Guadagnini viola,...continue...

Enescu: Chamber Symphony, Piano Quartet, etc / Hobson, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2009-02-10

Works: George Enescu: Impressions d'enfance, for violin & piano in D major, Op. 28; Chamber Symphony, for 12 instruments in E major, Op. 33; Quartet for Piano and Strings no 2 in D minor, Op. 30
Performers: Dee, John J.; Erdélyi, Csaba; Flores, Amy Catron; Gilreath, Amy; Golescu, Samir; Harris, David; Hobson, Ian [Piano]; Iancovici, Mirel; Keeble, Jonathan; Kilp, Brian; Lupu, Sherban; Murray, Dav...
Conductors: Hobson, Ian [Piano]
Ensemble: Sinfonia da Camera

George Enescu was an extraordinary musician. One of the most acclaimed violinists of the last century, he was also an accomplished pianist, conductor, and composer....continue...

New York Legends - Cynthia Phelps, Principal Viola

1 CD / Cala Records / 2008-07-01

Works: George Enescu: Concert Piece for Viola and Piano; Benjamin Britten: Lachrymae for Viola and Piano, Op. 48; Paul Hindemith: Sonata for solo viola, Op. 25/1; François Devienne: Duo for flute & vio...
Performers: Gordon, Judith; Phelps, Cynthia

Freuz: Liebelieder; Enescu, Glinka, Piazzolla / Laurent Rochat, Miaomiao Li

1 CD / Doron / 2008-05-07

Works: Emil Kreuz: Liebeslieder for Viola and Piano, Op. 5, no 1; George Enescu: Concert Piece for Viola and Piano; Mikhail Glinka: Sonata for Viola and Piano in D minor; Astor Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango
Performers: Li, Miaomiao; Rochat, Laurent

A Festival of Romanian Music / Ernst & Lory Wallfisch

1 CD / EBS / 2007-04-05

Works: George Enescu: Concert Piece for Viola and Piano; Dinu Lipatti: Sonatina for Piano left hand
Performers: Wallfisch, Ernst; Wallfisch, Lory

For the purpose of performing mainly the chamber music of Enescu, Lory Wallfisch has formed the group known as "The George Enescu Chamber Players". Lory...continue...

Clarke, Enescu, Vieuxtemps: Viola Sonatas / Westphal, Swann

1 CD / Bridge / 2001-09-01

Works: Rebecca Clarke: Sonata for viola & piano; Henri Vieuxtemps: Sonata for viola & piano in B flat major, Op. 36; George Enescu: Concert Piece for Viola and Piano
Performers: Swann, Jeffrey; Westphal, Barbara

Orchestral Excerpts for Viola / Robert Vernon

1 CD / Summit Records / 1998-01-20

Works: Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35; Don Juan, Op. 20; Zoltán Kodály: Háry János, Op. 15; Alberto Ginastera: Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23; Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et C...
Performers: Vernon, Robert

This disc contains solo viola parts of orchestral excerpts with commentary by Robert Vernon....continue...

A Bird Came Down the Walk / Nobuko Imai, Roland Pöntinen

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1997-06-20

Works: George Enescu: Concert Piece for Viola and Piano; Jean Sibelius: Rondo, for viola & piano in D minor, JS 162; Benjamin Britten: Lachrymae for Viola and Piano, Op. 48; Elegy for Viola solo; Toru Takem...
Performers: Imai, Nobuko; Pontinen, Roland

20th Century Viola

1 CD / Dynamic / 1994-01-01

Works: George Enescu: Concert Piece for Viola and Piano; Igor Stravinsky: Elegy, for viola (or violin) solo; Dmitry Shostakovich: Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147; Zoltán Kodály: Adagio for Vio...
Performers: James Creitz; Sarbu, Mihail

Yuri Bashmet- Schubert, Schumann, Bruch, Enesco / Muntian

1 CD / RCA Records / 1990-09-11

Works: Franz Schubert: Sonata for Arpeggione in A minor, D 821; Robert Schumann: Märchenbilder for viola (or violin) & piano, Op. 113; Adagio and Allegro for Cello and Piano in A flat major, Op. 70; Ma...
Performers: Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Muntian, Mikhail