Viola Concerto D major

The Bohemian composer Jan Krtitel Vanhal/Johann Baptist Vanhal (1739-1813) settled in Vienna around 1763. There he wrote several concertos for various instruments, of which two for viola have survived. Both are evidently not original compositions, but arrangements by Vanhal of some of his own works, a common practice of that time. The Viola Concerto in C major is based on Vanhal's cello concerto in the same key.Our new revised edition makes this Concerto available once again. The solo part contains cadenzas for each movement. - Popular repertoire piece from the Viennese classical period - Idiomatic piano reduction - Solo part revised by Jan Plichta - New trilingual Foreword by Phillip Schmidt (Ger/Cz/Eng) / Alto Et Orchestre

The viola is often not credited with being able to take over a soloistic role - but this is completely unjust. In 1738 Johann Philipp Eisel already wrote of the viola as being the 'very bowels of music? and stressed that it was not only needed to 'flesh out? the orchestral sound but also as a 'concert voice, which is fully proven by the concertos and concert overtures by the famous Capell-Meister Telemann?. Telemann's Concerto in G major is considered to be one of the earliest works for solo viola and orchestra and forms part of the core repertoire for pupils and students. In our Urtext piano reduction the specialist Kai Köpp has provided information regarding historical performance practice. / Alto Et Piano

in B-Dur / Bb Major. Par STAMITZ CARL. German composer Carl Stamitz wrote more than 60 concertos for Violin, Viola, Viola d'amore, Cello, Clarinet, Basset Horn, Flute, Bassoon and other instruments. Some of the Clarinet and Viola concertos that Stamitz composed are considered to be among the finest available from the period. Stylistically, Stamitz 's music is not too far removed from the works of the young Mozart, or those of Haydn's middle period. The Clarinet Concerto No. 3 was likely written around 1785, which was the same year that Stamitz was appointed the lead Violin of the Duc de Noailles in Paris. The style of thisconcerto reflects the usual orchestration found in the mid-eighteenth century, where most of the important musical material was given to the strings, while the winds were left to fill in the harmony. Carl Stamitz 's style is pleasant and free-flowing as nicely illustrated in this concerto. / Classique / Répertoire / Clarinette et Piano

Par SUZUKI SHINICHI. This CD contains demonstration tracks for all the pieces in Volumes 3 and 4 of the Suzuki: Viola School to use as a reference. All pieces have been wonderfully performed by William Preucil. / Pédagogie / Accessoire / Alto

Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. La composition du Quintette lui fait passer des nuits blanches: lorsque Schumann, en très peu de temps, achève en 1842 le Quintette pour piano et cordes, il est physiquement et mentalement à bout de forces. L’oeuvre cependant ne laisse rien paraître des efforts du compositeur, bien au contraire. Selon Clara Schumann, cette nouvelle oeuvre est «pleine de vigueur et de fraîcheur» et aussi «des plus brillantes et impressionnantes». Même Wagner se joint à l’approbation générale. L’opus 44 se range ainsi rapidement au rang des compositions les plus populaires de Schumann et constitue aujourd’hui encore un joyau de la littérature de musique de chambre. Si le Quintette rappelle enpartie un concerto pour piano avec orchestre dans les dimensions d’un quatuor à cordes, c’est qu’il était destiné au répertoire de Clara. L’oeuvre est d’ailleurs aussi dédiée à la pianiste virtuose. ? / Partition brochée / Date parution : 1905-06-06/ Répertoire / Quintette avec Piano

Performed by Elissaveta Staneva violaAccompaniment: Plovdiv Youth OrchestraConductor: Nayden TodorovHoffmeister's viola concerto is one of the first major concerti to feature the viola as a virtuoso soloinstrument. One of the most popular of this prolific composer's works it is a beautiful piece in the classical tradition. Includes a printed music score with informative liner notes; and a compact disc with the concerto performedfirst in stereo with the soloist then again in Stereo minus you the soloist.

The Concerto in G major (TWV 51: G 9) is not only Telemann’s only concerto for the viola but one of the earliest viola concertos in history. It belongs to the standard repertoire of every violist and is also suited for less experienced players being relatively easy to master.Full score parts (BA5878) viola & piano reduction (BA5878-90) available for sale

Par TELEMANN GEORG PHILIPP. The Concerto in G major (TWV 51: G 9) is not only Telemann’s only concerto for the viola but one of the earliest viola concertos in history. It belongs to the standard repertoire of every violist and is also suited for less experienced players, being relatively easy to master. Full score, parts (BA5878), viola & piano reduction (BA5878-90) available for sale/ Répertoire / Alto, Cordes et Basse Continue

Piano Reduction including solo part. Par DENISOV EDISON. The catalogue of Edison Denisov's works includes 16 concertos. It was a genre to which he returned time and again throughout his life, from the Concerto for Cello and Orchestra of 1972 to the Double Concerto for Flute, Clarinet and Orchestra of 1996. In Denisov's music the role of the soloist, or rather the protagonist, is extraordinarily important, not so much for its virtuosity as for its confessional character. The solo part is a monologue distinguished by poetic diction and a very personal message from the composer. The dramaturgical conception of the Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra, a reworking of the Viola Concerto of 1986, draws on traditional sonata form, thereby reaffirming the ubiquitous classicism in Denisov's thought. In this late work, we find all the typical features of his style: sinuous melodic lines layered into dense contrapuntal textures, and an interplay of orchestral colours, with pure sonorities contrasting with complex mixtures of sounds. It is a perfect dramaturgy that governs the evolution of the music to the very end. The first movement assumes the role of a sonata-allegro, with the standard formal sections of exposition, development, recapitulation and coda. The second movement is an Adagio for strings. The third takes the form of a little contrasting intermezzo that introduces both new thematic material and a new range of colours. Here tunefulness gives way to pointillism enriched with sonic effects. The only movement with a virtuosic solo part, its nervousness and inner tension set it worlds apart from the second and fourth movements that surround it. The fourth movement assumes the traditional form of a final set of variations. It is the dramaturgical and semantic heart of the concerto. The theme of the variations is Franz Schubert's Impromptu in B-flat major, op. 142, which in this case is 'born' from the celesta as the product of a dodecaphonic string cluster. This finale represents Denisov's homage to his great mentor, Schubert's music being for him a symbol of eternal and universal beauty. 'The attentive listener', Denisov stressed, 'will recognise that the Impromptu theme is already suggested very slowly in the course of the three preceding movements, not only thematically, but also psychologically. That's what makes the appearance of the Schubert theme sound so natural.' The variations relate to the variation genre less in their form than in their spiritual and conceptual metamorphoses. It is, one might say, 'music round about Schubert'. (Ekaterina Kouprovskaia-Denisova)/ Répertoire / Saxophone Alto et Piano

Elgar's last major work was the cello concerto and it is unique in its poignancy and intensity. Through Jacqueline Du Pre's overwhelming interpretation this work has now received the recognition it deserved and it will undoubtedly remain one of the best-loved concertos of all time. The Cello solo part has been arranged for viola and piano by Lionel Tertis.

The Bohuslav Martinu Complete Edition III/1/5. Par MARTINU BOHUSLAV. “Incarnation” (1956), Bohuslav Martinu’s fourth piano concerto, follows an atypical two-movement structure. It was composed for Martinu’s friend Rudolf Firkušný, who played from a copy of the autograph until 1970, when the composition was first put into print. The next work, “Concerto in B flat major for Piano and Orchestra”, known under the name “Fantasia Concertante”, was to be Martinu’s very last concert work. The concerto in three movements, composed at the request of Swiss pianist Margrit Weber, is quite different from the previous work in terms of its compositional means. In this case, Martinu strongly influenced the edition of the work. The present volume of the Complete Edition of works by Bohuslav Martinu is based mainly on contemporary copies containing the composer’s own modifications. The edition presents numerous new findings about the genesis of both works./ Recueil / Orchestre

Johann Gottlieb Graun (1702/3-1771)Concerto per la Viola di Gamba in D major, GraunWV A:XIII:4 Editor: Michael O'Loghlin and Günter von Zadow, publication date: 2014-06, source: D-DS Mus.ms 356orchestra parts / Viole de gambe / Guntersberg

Viola Concerto D major Com­poser: Cambini, Giovanni Giuseppe / Ensemble à cordes / Amadeus

Commissioned by the London Philharmonic Orchestra Luzerner Sinfonieorchester Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and first performed in 2013 by Lawrence Power with the LPO conducted by Vladimir Jurowski. Cast in three contrasting movements this work is expressive energetic and highly virtuosic culminating in a breathless Allegro pitting the soloist against the orchestra. A major addition to the canon of concertante works by James MacMillan and to the Viola repertoire in general. Full orchestra materials available on hire. Suitable for advanced standard performers.