SKU: BR.EB-9441
ISBN 9790004189184. 9 x 12 inches.
The two sonatas of Johannes Brahms's op. 120 are widely hailed as crowning points of the repertoire for clarinet and piano. Moreover, in the version for viola and piano arranged by Brahms himself, they rank among the most frequently played viola works of the 19th century. They far surpass in compositional substance the relatively few original sonatas written for these instrumentations during the same period.Of the two fellow works, the Sonata No. 2 in E flat major is the more accessible. Diverging from the classical-romantic tradition, Brahms used the key of E flat major here not to express the heroic or monumental, but to obtain lyrical, chiefly restrained characterizations. The serenade-like beauty of the principal theme, which opens the sonata, has always been particularly admired. In his review of the world premiere, the renowned Viennese music critic Eduard Hanslick, a friend of Brahms's, raves with the words it was as if it had fallen from the Heavens. The closing set of variations also follows with gentle gracefulness this lyrical character. However, the middle movement, with its tempestuous outer sections in E flat minor and the hymnic trio in B major provides a passionate and serious contrast, which allows the flanking idyll to unfold its beauties all the more insistently.
SKU: SU.80118723
Viola & Piano Duration: 18' Composed: 1979 Published by: SoundSpells Productions Phantom Sonata (1979), a sonata for viola and piano written for Kim Kashkashian and Robert Levin, is one of Kupferman's masterworks. Cast in a single movement, it is a vivid and rhapsodic work (in an contemporary romantic tonal language) requiring great virtuosity from both performers.
SKU: SU.93010530
Instrumentation: Viola & Piano Duration: 6'30 Composed: 2015 Published by: Subito Music Publishing.
SKU: HL.14030734
ISBN 9780853608264. 8.5x11.0x0.158 inches.
Violin Sonata arranged for Viola and piano by Veronica Leigh Jacobs. The piano part is a reproduction of the original Violin Sonata edition.
SKU: IM.3851
An early Elgar piece in the romantic style, now available for viola and piano.
SKU: GH.GE-11866
ISBN 979-0-070-11866-8. A4 inches.
Mesto is Italian and means sad. The work begins, after a short piano introduction, softly - like a mournful dirge. A solo cadence builds up towards a more outward-looking and passionate exclamation, and then the music takes a more romantic turn and fades away into the distance.
SKU: HL.49019370
ISBN 9790001189804. UPC: 884088992378. 9.0x12.0x0.052 inches.
'Songs Without Words' - that's what Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) called his lyrical piano pieces, romantic miniatures in which the composer wanted to 'sing' on the keyboard instrument. With them, he invented an entirely new form of chamber music playing in the 19th century. These 'Songs' are also perfectly suitable for duet playing: for a melodic instrument with piano accompaniment. The 'Song Without Words' Op 30/3 is a rewarding lyrical solo piece.
SKU: HL.48020970
8.5x11.75x0.261 inches.
Solo parts with piano reduction. Both solo parts are only included together in one separate part.