Sonata for Viola, Op. 147

arranged for Piano and Viola-Cesar Franck’s Sonata for Piano and Violin is one of the most treasured works in the Violin repertoire a masterpiece of cyclic form with a gracefulness and expressive force almost paradigmatic for the age of musical Romanticism. This work was composed in 1886 and was dedicated to the Belgian violinist and composer Eugène Ysaÿe.After Franck’s death in 1890 the original publisher of the Sonata the Parisian house Julien Hamelle announced an arrangement of the work for Viola but it has not been possible to locate any copy of this publication. The present arrangement for Viola is largely based on Jules Delsart’s arrangement for Piano and Cello the onlyversion of the Sonata which the composer authorized. However the Viola part here also adopts extensive passages in their original register or remains in the middle octave especially in those passages where the Cello lies two octaves beneath the Violin.Being set in the alto register the part thus lies between the other two string versions lending the Sonata a delightful hybrid hue beyond the brilliance of the Violin and the sonorousness of the Cello. The Piano part has been left intact and is thus identical to that of the original version.The edition is rounded off by an informative text on the genesis and reception history of the Sonata (Ger/Fr/Eng).

16 Famous Concert Pieces for Viola and Piano. Par . La collection 'Best of Viola Classics - 16 Famous Concert Pieces' pour alto et piano présentée par Schott contient une sélection d'œuvres qui peuvent accompagner chaque élève pendant de nombreuses années de cours d'alto. Le volume contient des compositions allant de l'époque de Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) à celle de Volker David Kirchner (1942-2020), offrant ainsi un matériel de jeu allant de la période baroque au XXe siècle. La collection, qui comprend un répertoire connu et des pièces rares, est idéale pour les cours et les concours, ainsi que pour les récitals et les concerts. / Niveau : Moyen / Date parution : 2023-09-13/ Recueil / Alto et Piano

Guiseppe Tartini's Sonata Angelique arranged for Viola and Piano by Alan H. Arnold.

Cesar Franck Sonata in D Major arranged for Viola and Piano by Alan Arnold. Edited by Paul Arnold.

for Viola and Piano-This volume is based on the Urtext of the New Schubert Edition; the solo part has been arranged for performance on the viola while the piano part is identical to Schubert´s original as presented in the New Schubert Edition. „Ulrich von Wrochem´s editing gives clear indications of bowings fingerings phrasing and dynamics; …“(Louise Grattan ESTA Summer 1998)

Sonata for Flute Viola and Harp-The middle work in the three late chamber music sonatas was composed in spring 1915 directly after the Cello sonata (HN 633). The innovative combination of sounds a Wind instrument a Stringed instrument and a Pluckedinstrument greatly contributes to the impression of restrained melancholy. Debussy himself confirmed it saying: ?It is terribly sad. And I do not know whether one should laugh or cry about it? Perhaps both at the sametime?? On another occasion he emphasised the similarities with his own compositional style of the 1890s remarking of the sonata: ?It reminds me of a very old Claude Debussy the one of the Nocturnes?.