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American Viola Works.(Review)
American Viola Works. Cathy Basrak, viola; William Koehler and Robert Koenig, piano. Cedille Records 900000 053.
What do George Rochberg, Frederick Jacobi, Alan Shulman, Quincy Porter, and Lowell Liebermann have in common? Well, besides their being almost unheard-of names for most people outside the classical music field, they're all twentieth-century composers and they all wrote works for the viola. On this disc, Rochberg is represented by his Sonata for Viola and Piano (1979); Jacobi by his Fantasy for Viola and Piano (1941); Shulman for his Theme and Variations (1940); Porter for his Speed Etude (1948); and Liebermann for his Sonata for Viola and Piano (1984).
I was much impressed by the playing of the young Ms. Basrak, very fluid, very full, very animated. She has a subtlety of tone that is quite fetching. It helps, of course, that ...
- American Viola Works.
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide MOORE, DAVID W January 1, 2001 700+ words
ROCHBERG, LIEBERMANN: Sonatas; JACOBI: Fantasy; SHULMAN: Variations; PORTER: Speed Etude Cathy Basrak; William Koehler, Robert Koenig, p Cedille 53--73 minutes This well-filled disc holds two relatively recent...
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...rate. _Lawson Taitte X X X VARIOUS COMPOSERS "American Viola Works" Basrak, Koehler, Koenig (Cedille) Grade: B The repertory...composer's neo-romantic conversion. Quincy Porter's "Speed Etude" is a kind of neoclassical "Flight of the Bumblebee" for...
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...be or not--even of why there is being (especially human being), Heidegger's ultimate metaphysical question. Many Viola works are installations that literally surround one, as though submerging one in water. Perhaps for him this submersion is an...
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...Ingolfsson does wondrously delicate and powerful things with Bach's "Sonata for violin alone." _Peter Dobrin x x x AMERICAN VIOLA WORKS "Compositions by George Rochberg, Frederick Jacobi, Alan Shulman, Quincy Porter and Lowell Liebermann" Violist Cathy...
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- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Moore, David W. March 1, 2001 700+ words
...only to let you know where we stand. Gortese is a colorful and lively player. He has also made a survey of Milhaud's viola works for ASV, among other ambitious projects. He plays all this music with warmth and a full, nutty sound that gives character...
Source: HighBeam Research, American Viola Works.(Review)