Viola virtuosa Veit Hertenstein

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750):
• 1 Bach: Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue, BWV 903 (Arr. Z. Kodály for Viola) 08:52
• Max Reger (1873 - 1916): Solo Viola Suite No. 1 in G Minor, Op.131d No. 3:
• 2 Reger: Solo Viola Suite No. 1 in G Minor, Op.131d No. 3: I. Molto sostenuto 04:23
• 3 Reger: Solo Viola Suite No. 1 in G Minor, Op.131d No. 3: II. Vivace 03:25
• 4 Reger: Solo Viola Suite No. 1 in G Minor, Op.131d No. 3: III. Andante sostenuto 03:09
• 5 Reger: Solo Viola Suite No. 1 in G Minor, Op.131d No. 3: IV. Molto vivace 01:11
• Solo Viola Suite No. 2 in D Major, Op. 131d No. 2:
• 6 Reger: Solo Viola Suite No. 2 in D Major, Op. 131d No. 2: I. Con moto 02:22
• 7 Reger: Solo Viola Suite No. 2 in D Major, Op. 131d No. 2: II. Andante 03:42
• 8 Reger: Solo Viola Suite No. 2 in D Major, Op. 131d No. 2: III. Allegretto 01:34
• 9 Reger: Solo Viola Suite No. 2 in D Major, Op. 131d No. 2: IV. Vivace 02:33
• Solo Viola Suite No. 3 in E Minor, Op. 131d No. 3:
• 10 Reger: Solo Viola Suite No. 3 in E Minor, Op. 131d No. 3: I. Moderato 03:34
• 11 Reger: Solo Viola Suite No. 3 in E Minor, Op. 131d No. 3: II. Vivace 02:01
• 12 Reger: Solo Viola Suite No. 3 in E Minor, Op. 131d No. 3: III. Adagio 02:55
• 13 Reger: Solo Viola Suite No. 3 in E Minor, Op. 131d No. 3: IV. Allegro vivace 01:36
• Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644 - 1704): Rosenkranz Sonaten:
• 14 Biber: Rosenkranz Sonaten: No. 16, Passacaglia, C 105 (Arr. for Viola) 08:35
• Gaspar Cassadó (1897 - 1966): Suite (Arr. for Viola):
• 15 Cassadó: Suite (Arr. for Viola): I. Prelude - Fantasia 06:20
• 16 Cassadó: Suite (Arr. for Viola): II. Sardana 05:05
• 17 Cassadó: Suite (Arr. for Viola): III. Intermezzo e danza finale 05:52
• Eugène Ysaÿe (1858 - 1931): Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 27 No. 7 (Arr. for Viola):
• 18 Ysaÿe: Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 27 No. 7 (Arr. for Viola): I. Allemanda. Lento maestoso 05:40
• 19 Ysaÿe: Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 27 No. 7 (Arr. for Viola): II. Sarabande. Quasi lento 03:11
• 20 Ysaÿe: Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 27 No. 7 (Arr. for Viola): III. Finale. Presto ma non troppo 03:35
• Total Runtime 01:19:35

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"The position of the instrument between violin and cello offers us violists many possibilities to combine elements from both sound worlds and thus create something independent and new. On this album there are a number of transcriptions -not out of a desire to take something from someone else, but because I firmly believe that good music can be played in many ways as long as we remain true to the spirit in which the work was originally composed. This recording features works by Eugene-Auguste Ysaye and Gaspar Cassadó, played for the first time on the viola. Ysaye has fascinated me for a long time, and having played this work in a number of concerts, it was natural to record his 4th Sonata. It was my former pupil Martin Moriarty who suggested the possibility of playing Cassadó on the viola when he turned up for a lesson one day with the score of this cello suite. I was excited from the start because the suite sounds so good on the viola, and I hope that the enthusiasm we felt during the recording session is audible. Thank you very much, Martin, for this great idea!" (Veit Hertenstein)

Veit Hertenstein, viola solo

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