Beethoven by Arrangement Vol.1: Works for Viola & Piano
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Label: Toccata Classics
Cat No: TOCC0108
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 21st February 2011
Contents
Works
Horn Sonata in F major, op.17Nocturne in D major for piano and viola, op.42
Septet in E flat major, op.20
Viola Sonata in A major: fragment
Artists
Paul Silverthorne (viola)David Owen Norris (piano)
Works
Horn Sonata in F major, op.17Nocturne in D major for piano and viola, op.42
Septet in E flat major, op.20
Viola Sonata in A major: fragment
Artists
Paul Silverthorne (viola)David Owen Norris (piano)
About
The reason he left nothing for viola is that there was no virtuoso viola-player in Vienna to commission works for the instrument. But he had a clear affection for the instrument, writing some of his most interesting parts for it in his chamber music – particularly the late quartets.
Many musicians, therefore, have ‘helped’ him fill the gaps: his contemporary Karl Xaver Kleinheinz (1765–1832) who arranged (and expanded) the String Trio Op. 8 as the Notturno, Op.42, with Beethoven’s reluctant approval; and a later musician, Friedrich Hermann (1828–1907), who transformed the Septet, Op.20, into an ambitious Grand Duo.
Paul Silverthorne, Principal Viola of the London Symphony Orchestra, has revised and improved these scores with reference to Beethoven’s originals. He now expands the repertoire with his own transcription of the Horn Sonata, Op.17.
The recording was made on period instruments: a Viennese Blümel piano (1865) and a Brothers Amati viola (1620).
First recordings of all but the Notturno.
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