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Three States at Play / Benjamin Ellin, Artem Kotov, Rivka Golani, New Note Ensemble

1 CD / Discovery / 2012-09-11

Works: Benjamin Ellin: Three States at Play, for solo violin; White Crucifixion, for viola & string orchestra; Sinfonia no 1 for string orchestra
Performers: Golani, Rivka; Kotov, Artem
Conductors: ; Pendlebury, Nic
Ensemble: New Note Ensemble; NewNote Ensemble

A multiple award winner, Benjamin Ellin was awarded First Prize and the Public Prize from the inaugural Evgeny Svetlanov International Conducting Competition in 2007. In...continue...
Recording information: St. Paul's Church, New Southgate, London....continue...

Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, excerpts Arr. for Viola And Piano / Jones, Golani, violas; Hampton, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-08-30

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet
Performers: Golani, Rivka; Hampton, Michael; Jones, Matthew

One of Prokofiev's best loved works today, Romeo and Juliet was initially declared 'impossible to dance to'. The composer resorted to making Symphonic Suites of...continue...
Recording information: Wyastone Hall, Monmouth, Wales (02/27/2009-02/28/2009); Wyastone Hall, Monmouth, Wales (04/30/2009)....continue...

Encores

1 CD / Hungaroton Import / 2009-10-06

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Fritz Kreisler: Liebesleid; Liebesfreud; Schön Rosmarin; Midnight Bells; Eduard Gaertner: Aus Wien for violin & piano; Franz von Vecs...
Performers: Golani, Rivka; Levin, Michel

The London Viola Sound

1 CD / Cala Records / 2008-07-01

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Kurt Weill: Kiddush for cantor, chorus & organ; Dmitry Shostakovich: Moskva, Cheremushki, Op. 105; Antonin Dvorák: Slavonic Dances (8) for Orchestra, Op. 72/B 14...
Performers: Bending, Adrian; Blum, Norbert; Bonds, Fiona; Cookson, Michael; Faber, Ruth; Golani, Rivka; Gunes, Rusen; Iorio, Luciano; Rundell, Kevin; Secret, Robert; Silverthorne, Paul; Watson, Elizabeth
Conductors: Simon, Geoffrey
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Viola Section; English National Opera Orchestra; Viola Section of the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-; Viola Section of the London Philharmonic (Viola Se

Dancing in the Light: Music of Christos Hatzis

1 CD / CBC Records / 2006-10-31

Works: Christos Hatzis: Pyrrichean Dances, concerto for viola, percussion & orchestra; Telluric Dances, concerto for oboe & orchestra
Performers: Golani, Rivka; Johnston, Beverley; Lemieux, Suzanne
Conductors: Güller, Bernard

The Instruments of the Orchestra / Jeremy Siepmann

7 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-11-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts; Anonymous, Troubadour: Domna, pos vos ay chausida; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Con...
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Banks, Kevin; Banowetz, Joseph; Biret, Idil; Bisengaliev, Marat; Bloch, Thomas; Bostridge, Ian; Burashko, Andrew; Cano, Carmen; Castets, Maryse; Chapelle, Corinne; Clynes, Mandred; Do...
Conductors: Elmendorff, Karl; Posch, Michael; Bogár, István; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Ward, Nicholas; Wildner, Johannes; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Studt, Richard; Mogrelia, Andrew; Clark, Keith...
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Accentus Austria (Early Music); Almanac Singers; Aradia Ensemble; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmoni...

Not just a cursory overview of the instruments, this is a set of portraits in depth, featuring individual instruments in many contexts (orchestral, chamber, folk,...continue...

Along Gypsy Trails - A Tribute to León Zuckert

2 CD / Doremi / 2000-02-23

Works: Leopold: Introduction and Hungaria; León Zuckert: Memories of Buda; Folk Song-Dances (3) of Greece, for orchestra; Medley of five traditional Swedish airs, for orchestra; Pieza melancól...
Performers: Alonso, Isabela; Andrian, Irene; Feuerstein, Robert; Golani, Rivka; Harnoy, Ofra [Cello]; Laszlo, Susanne; Mathe, Blain; Parr, Patricia; Peleg, Joseph; Romanko, Sophia; Sharon, Anya; Shulman, Suzanne...
Conductors: Zuckert, León; Burt, Johnny; Susskind, Walter; Alfonso, Armando; Veprinsky, Alexander; Markow, Andrew
Ensemble: ; Johnny Burt Orchestra; Tenerife Symphony Orchestra; Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Ukrainian National Opera Theater Orchestra

Composer/conductor Leon Zuckert was well known across the U.S. and Canada in the 1930s and 1940s through his long-running weekly radio broadcasts. This set offers...continue...

Britten: Four Sea Interludes, etc / Handley, Bedford, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-04-20

Works: Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes; Passacaglia, for orchestra, Op. 33b (from "Peter Grimes"); Young Apollo, for piano, string quartet & strings, Op. 16 (withdrawn by composer); Death in Venice, opera, O...
Performers: Careau, Suzanne; Ellis, David; Golani, Rivka; Prevot, Christian; Stewart, Paul; Turovsky, Eleonora
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Turovsky, Yuli; Bedford, Steuart
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra; I Musici de Montreal; Ulster Orchestra

Colgrass, McIntosh, Hiscott, Harmon / Golani, Scott, et al

1 CD / Centrediscs / 1998-01-01

Works: Michael Colgrass: Variations for 4 drums & viola; Jim Hiscott: Romantic Nights, for viola & percussion; Diana McIntosh: Nanuk, for viola & piano; Chris Paul Harman: Sonata for viola & piano
Performers: Clarke, Stephen; Golani, Rivka; Scott, Ryan

"...Rivka Golani's playing is superb: The most fiendish passages are played with a brilliance that rejects any notion of difficulty; the dexterity of her left...continue...

The Best of Berlioz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-07-29

Works: Hector Berlioz: Le carnaval romain (Roman Carnival Overture), ouverture catactéristique for orchestra, H.95 (Op. 9); Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Harold in Italy for viola and orchestra, Op. 1...
Performers: Golani, Rivka; Gruppman, Igor
Conductors: Talmi, Yoav; Steinberg, Pinchas; Jean, Kenneth
Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Polish National Philharmonic Orchestra Katowice; San Diego Master Chorale; San Diego Symphony Orchestra

Berlioz: Harold in Italy, etc / Golani, Gruppman, Talmi

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1996-07-12

Works: Hector Berlioz: Les francs-juges, Op. 3, Overture; Rêverie et caprice for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 8; Harold in Italy for viola and orchestra, Op. 16
Performers: Golani, Rivka; Gruppman, Igor
Conductors: Talmi, Yoav
Ensemble: San Diego Symphony Orchestra

"...If the San Diegans aren't quite the crack ensemble, for instance, that John Eliot Gardiner's Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique may be, they nevertheless top its...continue...

Prouesse / Rivka Golani

1 CD / Centrediscs / 1992-01-01

Works: David Jaeger: Fool's Paradise; Steve Tittle: Messages (4); Marjan Mozetich: Baroque Diversions, for viola; Jean Papineau-Couture: Prouesse; Ann Southam: Re-Tuning
Performers: Becker, Bob [Percussion]; Golani, Rivka; Hartenberger, Russ

Brahms: The 3 Piano Quartets / Borodin Trio, Rivka Golani

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1990-01-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Quartet for Piano and Strings no 1 in G minor, Op. 25; Quartet for Piano and Strings no 3 in C minor, Op. 60; Quartet for Piano and Strings no 2 in A major, Op. 26
Performers: Borodin Trio; Dubinsky, Rostislav; Edlina, Luba; Golani, Rivka; Turovsky, Yuli

Viola Nouveau / Rivka Golani

1 CD / Centrediscs / 1983-01-01

Works: Brian Cherney: 7 Miniatures in for form of a mobile, for viola; Milton Barnes: Lamentions of Jeremiah, for cello (or viola); André Prévost: Improvisation 3, for viola; David Jaeger: Fav...
Performers: Golani, Rivka