Viola > Imai, Nobuko

1948-2001: A Ligeti Odyssey - a cross section of Ligeti's music, from his first to his final composistions

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-12-05

Works: György Ligeti: Invention for piano; Bagatelles (6) for wind quintet; Volumina, for organ; Lux aeterna, for 16 unaccompanied voices; Pieces (10) for wind quintet; Sonata for viola; Etudes (17) fo...
Performers: Ericsson, Hans-Ola; Imai, Nobuko; Ullen, Fredrik
Conductors: ; Nussbaum, Walter
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet

This chronological exploration of the musical universe of György Ligeti begins in 1948, with a brief piece for solo piano composed by a 25-year old...continue...

Willem Jeths: Monumento / Ed Spanjaard, Otto Tausk

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2012-05-08

Works: Willem Jeths: Scale 'le tombeau de Mahler', for orchestra; Quartet for Strings no 3 (Intus trepidare); Meme, for 2 violas & ensemble; Monument to a Universal Marriage, for 2 voices, clarinet & string...
Performers: Els, Susanne van; Imai, Nobuko; Sekhuis, Mijke; Strobos, Karin; van den Oudenwijer, Lars Wouters
Conductors: Spanjaard, Ed; Tausk, Otto

Willem Jeths studied composition under Hans Kox and Tristan Keuris in Utrecht, completing his studies there with the Composition Prize in 1988. He gained his...continue...

Brahms: Piano Concertos 1 & 2; Lieder Opp. 91 & 105 / Stephen Kovacevich, piano; Ann Murray, soprano

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-24

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 1 in D minor, Op. 15; Songs (2) for Alto, Viola and Piano, Op. 91; Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 83; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 105
Performers: Imai, Nobuko; Kovacevich, Stephen; Murray, Ann
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Edition Lockenhaus [Box Set] / Gidon Kremer, violin; Rattle - Kremerata Baltica

5 CD / ECM / 2011-10-24

Works: Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings, AV 142; Olivier Messiaen: Petites liturgies (3) de la Présence Divine; César Franck: Piano Quintet in F minor, M. 7; André Caplet:...
Performers: Bellheim, Markus; Bennion-Feeney, Krista; Berger, Julius; Beyerle, Hatto; Bik, Annette; Brunner, Eduard; Buniatishvili, Khatia; Causse, Gerard [Viola]; Demenga, Thomas; Geringas, David; Grafenauer, I...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Kofman, Roman; Holliger, Heinz
Ensemble: ; Kremerata Baltica

To coincide with the 30th anniversary of Gidon Kremer's Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival in Austria, ECM releases a 5-CD box set of recordings from 1981-2008....continue...
Recording information: Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival....continue...

Leon Kirchner: Orchestral Works / Mitropoulos

1 CD / Albany Records / 2011-06-14

Works: Leon Kirchner: Music for Orchestra; Lily for soprano & chamber orchestra; Concerto for Piano no 1
Performers: Beard, Allen; Buswell, James; Dunkel, Paul; Heller, Alexander; Hoagland, Diana; Hollander, Lorin; Imai, Nobuko; Kirchner, Leon; Lesser, Laurence; Routch, Robert; Stoltzman, Richard [Clarinet]; Vogel,...
Conductors: Kirchner, Leon; Mitropoulos, Dimitri

This disc includes a premiere recording made in 1992 with Leon Kirchner conducting his Music for Orchestra with the orchestra he founded at Harvard along...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music; Flos Campi; Five Mystical Songs; Fantasia

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-10-12

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to music; Mystical Songs (5) for baritone, chorus ad lib & orchestra (or organ); Fantasia on Christmas Carols; Flos campi
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Imai, Nobuko; Tunnell, Charles
Conductors: Best, Matthew

In celebration of their thirtieth birthday, Hyperion is re-issuing thirty landmark titles from the back catalogue at mid-price. These discs include benchmark recordings of great...continue...

Schumann: 200th Anniversary: Chamber Music

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44; Quartet for Strings no 1 in A minor, Op. 41/1; Quartet for Strings no 2 in F major, Op. 41/2; Quartet for Strings no 3 in A major, Op. 41/3; Qu...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Causse, Gerard [Viola]; Gutman, Natalia; Imai, Nobuko; Maisky, Mischa; Neunecker, Marie-Luise; Pergamenschikow, Boris; Portal, Michel; Rabinovitch, Alexandre; Rudy, Mikhail;...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Grieg Trio

Schumann:

Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44. Christian Zacharias (piano), Cherubini Quartet

String Quartets, Op. 41 Nos. 1-3. Cherubini Quartet

Piano Quartet in E flat ...continue...

Viola Concertos: Bartok, Hindemith, Schoenberg

1 CD / New Pan / 2010-01-02

Works: Béla Bartók: Concerto for Viola, Sz 120; Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht for String Orchestra, Op. 4; Paul Hindemith: Der Schwanendreher
Performers: Imai, Nobuko
Conductors: Takacs-Nagy, Gabor

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) was one of the most under appreciated composers of the 20th-century. Talented and prolific, Hindemith was also a viola virtuoso of the...continue...
Recording information: Studio Ansermet, Geneva, Switzerland (2008-12-15_2008-12-18&2008-)....continue...

Ultimate Berlioz - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2009-08-25

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Harold in Italy for viola and orchestra, Op. 16; Tristia, for chorus & Orchestra, Op. 18; Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; Le carnaval romain Overture, Op. ...
Performers: Budin, Jeffrey; Davies, Ryland; Holt, Hazel; Imai, Nobuko; Smith, Peter; Walker, Sarah
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Davis, Colin; Dutoit, Charles; Maazel, Lorin; Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: ; Cleveland Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

Elegia - Handel, Takemitsu, Nishimura, Hayashi, Nodaira, Bach / Nobuko Imai, Roland Pöntinen, Gábor Takács-Nagy, et al

1 CD / New Pan / 2009-04-18

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Toru Takemitsu: A String around Autumn, for viola & orchestra; Akira Nishimura: Fantasia on "Song of the Birds", for viola; Hikaru Hayashi: Concerto for viola & stri...
Performers: Imai, Nobuko; Pöntinen, Roland
Conductors: Takacs-Nagy, Gabor

Nobuko Imai is considered to be one of the most outstanding viola players of our time. After finishing her studies at the Toho School of...continue...
Recording information: Salle de musique l'heure bleu, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switz (09/21/2006-09/24/2006); Studio Tibor Varga in Grimisuat, Switzerland (09/21/2006-09/24/2006); Salle de musique l'heure b...continue...

Barkauskas: Jeux, etc / Servenikas, Graffin, Imai, et al

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Vytautas Barkauskas: Jeux for violin & orchestra, Op. 117; Partita for solo violin, Op. 12; Monologues (2) for viola solo, Op. 71; Duo Concertante for violin, viola & orchestra, Op. 122
Performers: Graffin, Philippe; Imai, Nobuko
Conductors: Servenikas, Robertas
Ensemble: Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra; Vilnius Festival Orchestra

"This is an impressive work, and absorbing bit of nostalgia for a period not often thought of these days but here it is, and it...continue...

Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante, etc / Graffin, Imai, et al

2 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K. 216; Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in E major, K 261; Rondo for Flute and Strings in D major, K Anh. 184 (373); Adagio for Piano in ...
Performers: Graffin, Philippe; Imai, Nobuko
Conductors: Graffin, Philippe
Ensemble: Het Brabants Orchestra

In the sprightly Sinfonia Concertante, two delightful duos, and the Violin Concerto No. 3, the multi-tasking Griffin takes on the roles of soloist, chamber musician,...continue...

Chamber Music Masterpieces [Box Set]

25 CD / Brilliant Classics Import / 2008-10-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for Strings no 18 in A major, K. 464; Quartet for Strings no 19 in C major, K 465 "Dissonance"; Quintet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas and Cello no 4 in G minor, K 516; Quin...
Performers: Berkes, Kalman; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Crayford, Marcia; Dean, Brett; Ephrat, Ron; Faust, Isabelle; Gaasterland, Peter; Giuranna, Bruno; Graaf, Henk de; Han, Derek; Hudec, Jiri; Hulshoff, Alexander; Ima...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Amati Chamber Ensemble (Maastricht); Ames Piano Quartet; Berlin Philharmonic Octet; Brandis Quartet; La Magnifica Comunità ; Nash Ensemble; Sharon Quartet; Solomon Trio; Van Swieten Trio

Vaugham Williams: Choral Works / Best, Corydon Singers, et al

4 CD / Hyperion / 2008-06-10

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to music; Mystical Songs (5) for baritone, chorus ad lib & orchestra (or organ); Fantasia on Christmas Carols; Flos campi; Dona nobis pacem; Hymns (4) for Tenor, Viol...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Allen, Thomas; Barratt, Christine; Best, Jonathan; Bowen, John; Connell, Elizabeth; Connell, John; Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Davies, Maldwyn; Dawson, Anne; Dawson, Lynne; Dobi...
Conductors: Best, Matthew
Ensemble: Corydon Orchestra; Corydon Singers; English Chamber Orchestra

Issued to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Vaughan Williams' death, this collection is tantalizing: it starts with one of the best-selling discs in the Hyperion...continue...

Taneyev: Chamber Music / Pletnev, Repin, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2005-09-13

Works: Sergei Taneyev: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 30; Trio for Piano and Strings in D major, Op. 22
Performers: Gringolts, Ilya; Harrell, Lynn; Imai, Nobuko; Pletnev, Mikhail; Pletnev, Mikhail [Piano, Conductor]; Repin, Vadim [Violin]

An excellent recording by an all-star quintet, created by Pletnev. Vadim Repin and Ilya Gringolts, two of the most exciting violinists of the younger generation...continue...

Antiquities - Machaut, Bach, Isaac, Dowland / Imai, Miki

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2004-06-01

Works: Guillaume de Machaut: Felix virgo/Inviolata/Ad te suspiramus; Ma fin est mon commencement; Johann Sebastian Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971; Partita for Violin solo no 3 in E major, BWV 1006; Sonata ...
Performers: Imai, Nobuko; Miki, Mie

Chamber Music / Imai, Bezaly, Brautigam

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2004-01-05

Works: Maurice Duruflé: Prelude, Recitative and Variations for Flute, Viola and Piano, Op. 3; Reynaldo Hahn: Romanesque for Flute, Viola and Piano; L'echanteur; Portraits de peintres; Dance pour une d&...
Performers: Bezaly, Sharon; Brautigam, Ronald; Imai, Nobuko

Reger: Music for Viola / Nobuko Imai, Ronald Brautigam

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2003-10-12

Works: Max Reger: Suites (3) for Viola solo, Op. 131d
Performers: Imai, Nobuko

Viola Space - Japan 10th Anniversary - Penderecki, et al

2 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2003-07-02

Works: Krzysztof Penderecki: Cadenza for Viola solo; Toshio Hosokawa: Voyage VI for Viola and Strings; György Kurtág: Hommage à Robert Schumann, Op. 15d; Per Norgaard: Libro per Nobuko; Quinc...
Performers: Imai, Nobuko; Kawamoto, Yoshiko; Kawasaki, Masao; Murai, Yuji; Tanamura, Mazumi

Viola Space in Tokyo is one of the world's most important musical festivals dedicated to the viola and the music composed for it. Founded by...continue...

Schumann: Klavierquintett, etc / Argerich, Hall, Imai, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2002-06-04

Works: Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44; Andante and Variations for 2 Pianos, 2 Cellos and Horn in B flat major, Op. 46; Phantasiestücke (3) for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 73; Mä...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Gutman, Natalia; Hall, Lucia; Imai, Nobuko; Maisky, Mischa; Neunecker, Marie-Luise; Rabinovitch, Alexandre; Schwarzberg, Dora

"Argerich and her colleagues may be an ad hoc group, but they play very well together, with careful attention to unity of attack and matching...continue...

Into the Depth of Time / Mie Miki, Nobuko Imai

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1998-11-05

Works: Toshio Hosokawa: In die Tiefe der Zeit; Yoshiro Irino: Suite for Viola solo; Yuji Takahashi: Like Swans leaving the Lake; Like a Water-Buffalo; Ins Tal; Isang Yun: Duo for Viola and Accordian
Performers: Imai, Nobuko; Miki, Mie

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

Set Your Life To Music With Mozart

3 CD / Philips / 1997-03-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento for Oboe, 2 Horns and Strings no 11 in D major, K 251; Divertimento for Winds and Strings no 2 in D major, K 131; Divertimento for String Quartet in D major, K 1...
Performers: Brown, Iona; Damm, Peter; Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Haebler, Ingrid; Hoffmann, Ludwig; Imai, Nobuko; Italiano, Quartetto; Klien, Walter [Piano]; Leister, Karl; Szeryng, Henryk; Uchida, Mitsuko
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Tate, Jeffrey; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Brüggen, Frans; Brown, Iona; Davis, Colin; Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; English Baroque Soloists

The Clarinet in Concert - Bruch, et al / Thea King

2 CD / Hyperion / 1997-03-01

Works: Max Bruch: Concerto for clarinet & viola with orchestra, in E minor, Op. 88; Felix Mendelssohn: Concert Piece for Clarinet, Basset Horn and Piano no 1 in F major, Op. 113; Concert Piece for Clarinet,...
Performers: Dobree, Georgina; Imai, Nobuko; King, Thea
Conductors: Francis, Alun; Judd, James; Litton, Andrew
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

Nystroem: Ishavet, Viola Concerto, etc / Järvi, Imai, Ullner

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1994-11-01

Works: Gösta Nystroem: Is havet, symphonic poem for orchestra; Concerto for Viola ("Hommage à la France"); Sinfonia concertante, for cello & orchestra
Performers: Imai, Nobuko; Ullner, Niels
Conductors: Paavo, Järvi
Ensemble: Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Hindemith: The Four Sonatas for Solo Viola / Nobuko Imai

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1994-10-12

Works: Paul Hindemith: Sonata for solo viola, Op. 11/5; Sonata for solo viola, Op. 25/1; Sonata for solo viola, Op. 31/4; Sonata for solo viola
Performers: Imai, Nobuko

Mozart: String Quintets Vol 1 / Orlando Quartet, Imai

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1994-09-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas and Cello no 3 in C major, K 515; Quintet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas and Cello no 5, K 593
Performers: Imai, Nobuko

Mozart: String Quintets Vol 2 / Orlando Quartet, Imai

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1994-09-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas and Cello no 4 in G minor, K 516; Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas & cello no 6 in E flat major ("String Quintet no 6"), K. 614
Performers: Imai, Nobuko
Conductors:
Ensemble: Orlando String Quartet

Berlioz: Great Orchestral Works / Davis, London SO

2 CD / Philips / 1994-05-10

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Le carnaval romain (Roman Carnival Overture), ouverture catactéristique for orchestra, H.95 (Op. 9); Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Harold in Italy ...
Performers: Imai, Nobuko; Wick, Denis
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: John Alldis Choir

Mozart at Midnight

1 CD / Philips / 1994-05-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Symphony no 29 in A major, K 201 (186a); Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Symphony no 25 in G mino...
Performers: Brown, Iona; Damm, Peter; Imai, Nobuko; Leister, Karl; Pay, Antony [Clarinet]; Szeryng, Henryk; Uchida, Mitsuko
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Tate, Jeffrey; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Brüggen, Frans; Brown, Iona
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; English Chamber Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra

Hindemith: Sonatas for Viola and Piano, Meditation / Imai

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1994-04-01

Works: Paul Hindemith: Sonata for Viola and Piano in F major, Op. 11 no 4; Sonata for viola & piano, Op. 25/4; Meditation (from ballet "Nobilissma visione"), for violin (or viola or cello) & piano; Sonata f...
Performers: Imai, Nobuko; Pontinen, Roland

Petterson: Symphony no 5, Viola Concerto / Imai, Atzmon

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1994-03-25

Works: Allan Pettersson: Symphony no 5; Concerto for Viola
Performers: Imai, Nobuko
Conductors: Atzmón, Moshe

Walton: Viola Concerto, etc / Imai, Latham-Koenig, London PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1992-11-01

Works: William Walton: Concerto for Viola; Sonata for Strings (transcription by Walton and M.Arnold of String Quartet in A minor); Variations on A Theme by Hindemith, for orchestra
Performers: Blum, Norbert; Crehan, Dermot; Imai, Nobuko; Shaxson, Rhydian; Wright, Robert St. John [Violin]
Conductors: Latham-Koenig, Jan
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Denisov: Works for Chamber Orchestra / Lev Markiz

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1991-12-01

Works: Edison Denisov: Concerto for 2 Violas, Harpsichord and Strings; Chamber Music for Viola, Harpsichord and Strings; Variations on the Theme of Bach's Chorale "Es ist genug"; Epitaph
Performers: De Man, Annelie; Imai, Nobuko; Vahle, Petra
Conductors: Markiz, Lev
Ensemble: Amsterdam Sinfonietta

Franck, Vieuxtemps: Viola Sonatas, etc / Imai, Vignoles

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-03-01

Works: César Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, M 8; Henri Vieuxtemps: Capriccio for Viola solo, Op. 55 no 9; Elegie for Viola and Piano, Op. 30; Sonata for viola & piano in B flat major, ...
Performers: Imai, Nobuko; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

Martinu: Frescos of Piero della Francesca, etc / DePreist

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1991-02-01

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Frescoes of Piero della Francesca, for orchestra, H. 352; Rhapsodie for Viola and Orchestra; Double Concerto for 2 string orchestras, piano & timpani, H. 271
Performers: Gard, Lars; Imai, Nobuko
Conductors: DePreist, James
Ensemble: Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Brahms: Viola Sonatas; Schumann / Imai, Vignoles

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Clarinet (or Viola) & Piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 120/2; Sonata for Clarinet (or Viola) & Piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 120/1; Robert Schumann: Märchenbilder for Vio...
Performers: Imai, Nobuko; Vignoles, Roger

Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata; Beethoven / Imai, Vignoles

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Sonata for Arpeggione in A minor, D 821; Ludwig van Beethoven: Notturno for Viola and Piano in D major, Op. 42
Performers: Imai, Nobuko; Vignoles, Roger

Mozart, Schumann, Bruch: Trios / Hilton, Imai, Vignoles

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: Robert Schumann: Märchenerzählungen for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, Op. 132; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano in E flat major, K 498 "Kegelstatt"; Max Bruch: Piece...
Performers: Hilton, Janet; Imai, Nobuko; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music, Mystical Songs / Best

1 CD / Hyperion / 1990-11-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to music; Mystical Songs (5) for baritone, chorus ad lib & orchestra (or organ); Fantasia on Christmas Carols; Flos campi
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Allen, Thomas; Connell, Elizabeth; Connell, John; Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Davies, Maldwyn; Dawson, Anne; Hill, Martyn; Howell, Gwynne; Imai, Nobuko; Kitchen, Linda; Montague...
Conductors: Best, Matthew
Ensemble: Corydon Singers; English Chamber Orchestra

Mozart: String Quintets, Vol 3 / Orlando Quartet, N Imai

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1990-11-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas & cello no 1 in B flat major ("String Quintet no 1"), K. 174; Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas & cello no 2 in C minor ("String Quintet no 2"),...
Performers: Imai, Nobuko

Schnittke: Viola Concerto, In Memoriam / Imai, Markiz

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1989-10-01

Works: Alfred Schnittke: In Memoriam, for orchestra (orchestral version of the Piano Quintet); Concerto for Viola
Performers: Imai, Nobuko
Conductors: Markiz, Lev
Ensemble: Malmö Symphony Orchestra