The viola was Hindemith’s instrument, and it would be nice to think that his three viola sonatas offered a glimpse of his innermost artistic personality. Nice, but wrong-headed — when it came to ...

In 1919, Rebecca Clarke’s Viola Sonata tied for first place in a major competition—but when the judges saw her name, they couldn’t believe a woman had written something so bold and powerful. Some even ...

Maxim Rysanov's viola playing is a delight. But to bulk out this collection of Brahms's music for the viola to two well-filled discs requires the inclusion of two works better known in other ...

"The most tragic work I know," is how cellist Leonard Elschenbroich describes Shostakovich's Viola Sonata, his harrowing last composition, completed in 1975. The piece was originally planned, however, ...

TRAILBLAZERS has been released, the new album of viola sonatas composed by three formidable women: a queer member of the Dutch Resistance, a Suffragette, and a countess who rejected her class.

Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano Andreas Willwohl, Viola Daniel Heide, Piano Sonata for Viola and Piano Andreas Willwohl, Viola Daniel Heide, Piano It seems that Schubert has become a go-to composer ...

Sonata for Viola and Piano No. 1 Katya Apekisheva, Piano Maxim Rysanov, Viola Johannes Brahms, Composer Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 Katya Apekisheva, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer Maxim ...

NYC-based violist Gregory K. Williams released his debut album, "SHADOWS: The Unaccompanied Viola Sonatas of Günter Raphael," on Friday, February 2nd, 2024. This album was produced by Affetto Records, ...

Hindemith: Sonatas for solo viola, The English Viola: Music by Bliss, Delius and Bridge on facebook (opens in a new window) Hindemith: Sonatas for solo viola, The English Viola: Music by Bliss, Delius ...

In May 1937, the conductor Boyd Neel was offered a concert date for his pioneering London-based string orchestra at the Salzburg Festival that August. Needing a new work in a hurry, Neel turned to the ...

Weinberg (1919-96) was a Polish Jew who fled the Nazi wartime occupation of Warsaw, settled in Tashkent and had a life-changing meeting with Shostakovich, who saved him from 1950s Soviet repression.