Viola
All records with viola · Solo viola only
Music for Orchestra / Music for Six Voices / Music for 12 Cellos / Music for Five Stringed Instruments
Four works by Jay Schwartz for string orchestra, six voices, twelve cellos and string quintet, recorded live 2005-2008 by the hr-Sinfonieorchester under Diego Masson, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, SWR Stuttgart cellists under Erik Nielsen and the Kai…
Potemkin I: Baby Baby / Fehlstart (Detail) / Alkan / In der Hölle / Charms: Dub
Five works (1996-2004) by Sebastian Claren, with Teodoro Anzellotti and trio recherche, ensemble mosaik under Enno Poppe, pianist Ernst Surberg and the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR under Matthias Hermann.
Lines and Spaces
Portrait CD of the British composer Naomi Pinnock: String Quartet No. 2, Words, Lines and Spaces and Music for Europe (2010-2016), played by Quatuor Bozzini, Omar Ebrahim with the London Sinfonietta under Beat Furrer, Richard Uttley and Ensemble Adap…
The Death of the Star-Knower
First portrait CD of the Serbian composer Milica Djordjević, seven works from 2008-2015 played by the Arditti Quartet, Teodoro Anzellotti, Ensemble Musikfabrik under Johannes Schöllhorn and soloists, recorded at Deutschlandfunk Cologne in 2016.
Offene Landschaft mit obligatem Ton e / kommen und gehen / Dialog imaginär 4 / Streichquartett Nr. 3 / De musica
Georg Katzer: Offene Landschaft mit obligatem Ton e (Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Eötvös), kommen und gehen, Dialog imaginär 4 for bass clarinet and tape (Wolfgang Fuchs), String Quartet No. 3 (Arditti Quartet) and De musica; recordings 1984-1993.
Lamento, vier Intermezzi und Marsch / 'Herbstzeit - Autumn' / Streichquartett Nr. 4 'Assonanzen'
Günter Bialas's Lamento, vier Intermezzi und Marsch for piano, the piano quartet Herbstzeit and String Quartet No. 4 Assonanzen, played by Siegfried Mauser, Christian Altenburger, Barbara Westphal, Julius Berger and the Auryn Quartet. Recorded 1988-8…
Bildnisse I / Der blaue Harlekin / Trio / Nachtstück
Volker David Kirchner's Bildnisse I, Der blaue Harlekin, Trio and Nachtstück, played by the Hessisches Staatsorchester Wiesbaden (Siegfried Köhler), Bläser Ensemble Mainz, Kreisler Trio and violist Bodo Hersen. CD reissue (1991) of a 1985 Wergo LP.
Six Suites for Viola Solo, BWV 1007-1012
Kim Kashkashian plays Bach’s six cello suites BWV 1007-1012 on viola, the Sixth on a five-string viola by Francesco Bissolotti. Recorded November 2016 and February 2017 at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York.
Chamber Symphonies & Piano Quintet
Kremerata Baltica and Gidon Kremer play Weinberg’s four Chamber Symphonies and the 1944 Piano Quintet (arranged, with Yulianna Avdeeva). Recorded June 2015 at the Musikverein, Vienna (live) and in Riga.
Mieczysław Weinberg
Gidon Kremer and Kremerata Baltica, with Daniil Trifonov, Daniil Grishin and Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė, in Weinberg's Violin Sonata No. 3, Trio Op. 48, Sonatina Op. 46, Concertino Op. 42 and Symphony No. 10. Recorded 2012-2013 in Neuhardenberg and Locken…
Beethoven - Bruckner - Hartmann - Holliger
Zehetmair Quartett in string quartets by Beethoven (Op. 135), Bruckner (C minor), Holliger (No. 2), recorded Zürich 2010, and Hartmann (No. 2), recorded 2002 with cellist Françoise Groben.
Lauds and Lamentations - Music of Elliott Carter and Isang Yun
Elliott Carter's Oboe Quartet and solo pieces, and Isang Yun's Piri and Quartet for oboe and string trio, played by Heinz Holliger, Thomas Zehetmair, Ruth Killius and Thomas Demenga. Recorded 2001-2002 at Radio Studio DRS, Zürich.
Edition Lockenhaus
Five-CD box for the 30th anniversary of Gidon Kremer's Lockenhaus festival: Kremerata Baltica under Simon Rattle (Strauss, 2001) and Roman Kofman (Messiaen, 2008), plus Edition Lockenhaus Vols. 1/2 and 4/5, recorded at Lockenhaus 1981-86. ECM New Ser…
Magnetic Works 1993-2001
Two-CD anthology compiled by Jon Balke from the Magnetic North Orchestra albums Further (1993), Solarized (1998) and Kyanos (2001), with Anders Jormin, Audun Kleive, Per Jørgensen, Arve Henriksen, Morten Halle and string players including the Cikada …
Pur ti miro
Wu Wei (sheng), Martin Stegner (viola) and Janne Saksala (double bass) play Monteverdi, Bach organ trio sonatas, Vivaldi's La Follia and a Norwegian bridal march. Recorded October 2022 at Teldex Studio, Berlin.
Samuel Beckett, Trevor Bača: Stirrings Still
Samuel Beckett's last prose work, read by Paul Griffiths, with Trevor Bača's score for narrator and string quartet (2016-18) played by the JACK Quartet. Recorded May 2023 and September 2024 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano; produced by Manfred Ei…
Reminiscentiae
Choral and orchestral works by Veljo Tormis, including the four Reminiscentiae seasonal cycles for strings and The Tower Bell in My Village, by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra under Tõnu Kaljuste. Recorded autumn…
Keel Road
The Danish String Quartet (Frederik Øland, Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, Asbjørn Nørgaard, Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin) in their own arrangements of folk tunes from around the North Sea, with pieces by O'Carolan and new tunes by members. Recorded November 2022…
Streichquartette op. 51
Brahms's String Quartets Op. 51 Nos. 1 and 2 played by the Zehetmair Quartett (Thomas Zehetmair, Jakub Jakowicz, Ruth Killius, Christian Elliott). Recorded November 2021 at Konzerthaus Blaibach; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Im wachen Traume - Schumann/Reimann, Byrd/Pierini, Purcell
Schumann's Frauenliebe und Leben in Aribert Reimann's arrangement for soprano and string quartet, framed by Byrd and Purcell arranged by Stefano Pierini. Delian Quartett with Claudia Barainsky and Mikhail Timoshenko, recorded October 2021 at Abtei Ma…