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Here you can submit a link to youtube videos featuring live performance of pieces with viola as a leading instrument (concertos for viola and orchestra, viola sonatas, duo with viola...)
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One recent recording I like very much is that of Frank Bridge's Lament for two violas.
Composer Frank Bridge (1879–1941) wrote the Lament for two violas as part of a pair of viola duos, which were debuted on March 18, 1912, with the composer and Lionel Tertis performing. The performance, which took place at Bechstein Hall (now Wigmore Hall), was part of a concert featuring the works of four young British composers: Cyril Scott, Benjamin Dale, York Bowen, and Bridge. No holograph of the Lament has been found, but sketches exist (upon which this
edition is based) in the Parry Room Library at the Royal College of Music in London.
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A quite old but nice recording!
Bartok's viola concerto with Yuri Bashmet, Moscow Radio SO and Vladimir Fedoseyev.
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William Walton: viola concerto
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoine Tamestit Viola, Manfred Honeck Conductor
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Great topic!
Antonin Wranitzky, Concerto for 2 violas :
Except that the 3rd movement is missing. One complet recording I like a lot is this one, but it's audio only.
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Great links. Thanks everyone.
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These are wonderful. It is nice to hear viola take center stage. They sound lovely. Thanks for the posts. Welcome to the forum @Adagio_Molto.
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F. A. Hoffmeister, Thema with variations for viola solo :
To me it sounds a lot, in some places –especially the theme but not only–, like Mozart's 'twinkle twinkle' variations for piano. Looked it up on wiki, it seems they were friends. I'll have to learn this at some point, I've always like 'variations pieces'.
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Interesting, wonder what the guy behind him is doing there! I checked various scenes in the video and he literally does not move (except once his pinky moved).
That aside, amazing what a talented musician can do with very limited movement other than arm and fingers. He really seems engrossed in his playing.
Thanks for sharing this. Very inspirational.
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Nice piece. I think the guy maybe plays with him in other songs? He is just not involved with this piece?
Fantastic viola playing!
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This topic is a bit empty, but there's plenty of nice viola music on youtube… Here's some that I like :
Sibelius, Rondo for viola and piano :
Clarke, Grotesque for viola and cello, sounds fun :
Beethoven, Duo for viola and cello :
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This is/was my favourite, but I think the original was deleted pending a legal dispute. The new version has inferior audio to the original
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Bashmet sure is a reference. But for the Telemann concerto I rather prefer her version (mov. 2 here, but the others can be found as audio on youtube too). But the instrumentation, and general feel, is different.
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I love the sound of cello with viola. I think those two instruments work so well together.
Thanks for sharing these videos.
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Learn Viola on Violaman and Fiddlerman's Fiddle Talk
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