Shostakovich Viola

Russian Viola (Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Rubinstein). [CD]

Inner Voice : Music by Britten, Rochberg, Pärt and Shostakovich / Peter Minkler, Viola. [CD]

Contents: Lachrymae, by Britten -- Sonata for Viola and Piano, by Rochberg -- spiegel im spiegel, by Pärt -- Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147, by Rochberg. With Lura Johnson, piano.

Shostakovich and Rachmaninov / Leonard Elschenbroich, Cello. [CD]

Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata -- Vocalise. Shostakovich : Viola Sonata. With Alexei Grynyuk, piano.

Music For Viola and Piano / Lawrence Power, Viola. [CD]

Contents: Seven Preludes, Op. 34 (arr. Yevgeny Strakhov) -- Viola Sonata, Op. 147 -- Five Pieces from The Gadfly, Op. 97 (arr. Vadim Borisovsky). With Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano.

Two Viola Sonatas, Op. 40 and Op. 147; Viola Suite From The Gadfly, Op. 97a. [CD]

Lars Anders Tomer performs viola music by Shostakovich. The op. 40 sonata was arranged from the Sonata for cello and piano by Viktor Kubatsky; the Suite was arranged by Vadim Borisovsky. With pianist Havard Gimse.

Voice of The Viola In Times of Oppression / Asdis Valdimarsdottir, Viola. [CD]

Music for viola by Dick Kattenburg; Dmitri Shostakovich; Max Vredenburg; and Mieczyslaw Weinberg. With Marcel Worms, piano.

Violin Sonata / Viola Sonata. [CD]

The Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 134 is performed by Tino Fjeldli; the Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147 is performed by Eric Ring. With Francisca Skoogh, piano.

Viola Sonata; Suite No. 1; Hindemith: Sonata For Solo Viola Op. 25 No. 1/ Z. Tchavdarov, Viola. [CD]

Viola Sonata, Op. 40 : Transcription For Viola and Piano Of The Cello Sonata, Op. 40.

Violist Annette Bartholdy premiered her own transcription of Shostakovich's cello sonata in London, February 2002. This piece has a history of viola transcriptions, including those by Viktor Kubatsky and Evgeny Strakhov. With a preface.

Sonatas For Violin and Viola / Mirjam Tschopp, Violin and Viola. [CD]

Contents: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 134 -- Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147. With Riccardo Bovino, piano.

Sonata For Viola and Piano In C Minor, Op. 147 / Gerard Causse, Viola. [CD]

Causse also performs music by Glazunov, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. With Brigitte Engerer, piano.

Quartet No. 9 : For Two Violins, Viola and Violoncello.

Shostakovich's 9th quartet, op. 117, was composed in 1964 and dedicated to Irina Antonovna Shostakovich. The music is in five movements. This is a reprint of an earlier edition.

Fantasy and Farewell : Music For Viola and Orchestra / Roger Myers, Viola. [CD]

Myers performs music by McLean, Schumann and Shostakovich. Michael Francis conducts the London Symphony Orchestra.

White Nights, Vol. 2 : Viola Music From Saint Petersburg / Tatjana Masurenko, Viola. [CD]

Includes music by Prokofiev, Shostakovich, and Banshikov. With Roglit Ishay, piano.

White Nights, Vol. 1 : Viola Music From Saint Petersburg / Tatjana Masurenko, Viola. [CD]

Masurenko performs music by Russian composers including Shostakovich, Glinka, Glazunov, Stravinsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Tchaikovsky. With Roglit Ishay, piano.

Quartet No. 10 : For Two Violins, Viola and Violoncello.

Shostakovich composed his 10th quartet, op. 118, in 1964, the same year of his quartet no. 9. The work is in four movements and is dedicated to Moisei Samuilovich Vainberg. This is a reprint of an earlier edition.

Quartet No. 9 : For Two Violins, Viola and Violoncello.

Parts for the 1964 quartet dedicated to Irina Antonovna Shostakovich. Reprinted from an earlier edition.

Quartet No. 10 : For Two Violins, Viola and Violoncello.

Parts for the 10th string quartet by Shostakovich, composed in 1964 and dedicated to Moisei Samuilovich Vainberg.

Unfinished Quartet : For Two Violins, Viola and Cello.

Parts for the recently discovered string quartet music by Shostakovich, the only movement of which was completed by Roman Ledenyov and premiered in January 2005 by the Borodin Quartet.

Impromptu : For Viola and Piano, Sans Op. (1931).

In one movement. First edition. With an explanatory article by Olga Digonskaya. This piece was previously completely unknown. The composer's manuscript was donated in 2003 to the Moscow Central State Archives by violist Vadim Borisovsky. The music was probably written for Aleksandr Mikhaylovich…

Unfinished Quartet : For Two Violins, Viola and Violoncello.

This work was discovered in 2003 in the composer's archives. The music is most likely an early attempt at what would become his Ninth Quartet. With an introduction in English and Russian by Olga Digonskaya and Olga Dombrovskaya.

Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2; Viola Sonata. [CD]

Performers: Vladimir Ashkenazy, Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay, Mats Lidström, Ada Meinich.

Quartet No. 7 : For Two Violins, Viola and Violoncello, Op. 108.

Shostakovich composed this quartet in 1960, and dedicated it to the memory of Nina Vasilievna Shostakovich. This is a reprint of an earlier edition of the score.

Quartet No. 6 : For Two Violins, Viola and Violoncello, Op. 101.

A new engraving of the parts for Shostakovich's string quartet of 1956. Score available separately.