CRYSTAL RECORDS  Yizhak Schotten, Viola Recordings

 

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Yizhak Schotten has been called "one of America's finest string players" by STRAD Magazine.  Schotten is formerly principal viola of the Houston and Cincinnati Symphonies, and a member of the Boston Symphony. He is one of the most respected violists in the world. He now teaches at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

 

 

CD630 scan CanonCD630: Yizhak Schotten's Tribute to Lionel Tertis and William Primrose.

Tertis and Primrose were the most influential violists of the 20th century. Yizhak Schotten, a protégé of Primrose and "one of America's finest viola players", (STRAD Magazine) performs 20 of their viola transcriptions.  UPC 009414763020.  BUY NOW   

 

This CD includes Haydn: Allegro from Divertimento in D; Liszt: Liebestraum; C.P.E. Bach: Solfeggietto; J.S. Bach: Komm Ssser Tod; Paganini: Caprices 5 & 13; FaurAprs un rve; Rameau: Tambourin; Mendelssohn: Auf Flugeln des Gesanges and May Breezes; Boccherini: Allegro from Sonata #6; Schubert: Nacht und Trume; Brahms: Minnelied; Benjamin, From San Domingo and Jamaican Rumba; Grieg: Ich Liebe Dich; Kreisler: La Chasse and Praeludium & Allegro; Saint-Sans: The Swan.



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Haydn:  Allegro di Molto from Divertimento in D    Liszt:  Liebestraum No. 3     CPE Bach:  Solfeggietto     JS Bach:  Komm Ssser Tod    Paganini:  Caprice No. 13     Faur:  Aprs un Rve     Kreisler:  Tambourin enRondeau     Mendelssohn:  Auf Flgeln des Gesanges     Boccherini:  Allegro from Sonata No. 6 in A     Schubert:  Nacht und Trume     Benjamin:  From San Domingo     Faur:  lgie     Paganini:  Caprice No. 5     Brahms:  Minnelied     Benjamin:  Jamaican Rumba     Grieg:  Jeg Elsker Dig (Ich Liebe Dich)     Mendelssohn/Kreisler:  May Breezes (Song Without Words)     Kreisler:  Le Chasse     Saint-Sans:  Le Cygne (The Swan)     Kreisler:  Praeludium and Allegro



CD635-scan-for-iTunesCD635: YIZHAK SCHOTTEN, VIOLA.  Benjamin Britten: Lachrymae, op. 48, for Viola and String Orchestra; Alan Shulman: Theme and Variations for Viola and Orchestra; Franz Schubert: Sonata for Arpeggione; Marin Marais: Five Old French Dances.  UPC 009414763525   BUY NOW 

 

With Katherine Collier, piano; Edward Parmentier, harpsichord; Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra, Richard Rosenberg, conductor. Schotten, formerly with Boston Symphony and principal with Houston Symphony, is presently Professor at University of Michigan.

 

“...extremely expressive musician." Toronto Whig-Standard Magazine 

 

  

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Marais Five Dances:
  Rondeau L'Agreable    La Provencale   La Musette   La Matelotte   Le Basque     Schubert: Mvt 1(Allegro moderato)   Mvt 2(Adagio-Allegretto)     Britten: Lachrymae     Shulman: Theme and Variations 



CD637-scan-for-iTunesCD637: VIOLA 1919, Yizhak Schotten, Viola. Paul Hindemith: Sonata for Viola & Piano; Rebecca Clarke: Sonata for Viola & Piano; Ernest Bloch: Suite for Viola & Piano. Three masterworks written in 1919 featuring Yizhak Schotten on viola and Katherine Collier on piano.    UPC 009414763723   BUY NOW

 

 "Splendid viola sonatas, excitingly played"   Turok's Choice.

 

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Clarke Sonata:
  Mvt 1(Impetuoso)  Mvt 2(Vivace)  Mvt 3(Adagio)   Bloch Suite:  Mvt 1(Lento)  Mvt 2(Allegro ironico)  Mvt 3(Nocturne)   Mvt 4(Land of the Sun)     Hindemith: Sonata  Mvt1(Fantasie)   Mvt 2(Theme & Variations)   Mvt 3(Finale)



CD638-scan-for-iTunesCD638: BRATSHE! Yizhak Schotten,Viola.  J.S. Bach: Concerto in D for Viola, Strings, and Continuo (arr. from BWV 169, 49, 1053 by Yizhak Schotten); Beethoven: Duo for Viola and Cello; Brahms: Sonata in E minor for Viola and Piano (trans. by Lionel Tertis); Frank Bridge: Lament for Two Violas. With Paul Silverthorne, viola; Peter Rejto, cello; and the Ann Arbor Sinfonietta.  UPC 009414763822   BUY NOW    

“...He [Schotten] does an excellent job.  Don't think twice! But it!" Journal of The American Viola Society

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Bach Concerto:
  Mvt 1(Allegro)  Mvt 2(Siciliano)  Mvt 3(Allegro)   Beethoven:  Duo   Brahms Sonata:  Mvt 1(Allegro)   Mvt 2(Allegretto quasi Menuetto)   Mvt 3(Allegro)   Bridge: Lament

 



CD832-scan-for-iTunesCD832: SCHOTTEN PLAYS BRAHMS. Yizhak Schotten, Viola, with David Hardy, Cello; Katherine Collier, Piano, and the Chester String Quartet. Brahms: Clarinet Trio, op. 114, & Clarinet Quintet, op. 115, played on Viola (which was Brahms' alternate version).   UPC 009414783226   BUY NOW

 

Yizhak Schotten was formerly violist in the Boston Symphony and principal with the Cincinnati and Houston Symphonies, and was Viola Professor at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is presently Viola Professor at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

 

"...the performances are strong and impassioned." American Rcd Guide

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Trio in A Minor:
  Mvt 1 (Allegro)   Mvt 1 (Adagio)   Mvt 3 (Andante grazioso)   Mvt 4 (Allegro)    Quintet in B Minor:  Mvt 1 (Allegro)   Mvt 2 (Adagio)   Mvt 3 (Andantino... Presto non assai, ma con sentimento)   Mvt 4 (Con moto)



CD837-scan-for-iTunesCD837: THE ELEGANT VIOLA. Yizhak Schotten, Viola.  Ralph Vaughan Williams: Suite for Viola & Orchestra; J.S. Bach: Fantasia; W.F. Bach: Sonata for Viola and Harpsichord; Michael Colgrass: Variations for Four Drums and Viola. Yizhak Schotten, viola; Carole Terry, harpsichord; Frank Epstein, percussion; Slovak Radio Orchestra, Kirk Trevor, conductor.  UPC 009414783721  BUY NOW

 

He has been called "one of America's finest string players" by STRAD Magazine. 

 

 Schotten is formerly principal viola of the Houston and Cincinnati Symphonies, and a member of the Boston Symphony. He is one of the most respected violists in the world. He now teaches at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. This is one of the only available recordings of the beautiful Suite by Vaughan Williams, and is the only recording of the Variations by Michael Colgrass.  

 

 

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Vaughan Williams: Suite: 
Prelude   Carol   Christmas Dance   Ballad   Moto Perpetuo   Musette   Polka Melancolique   Galop   J.S. Bach: Fantasia Cromatica   W.F. Bach: Sonata in C minor: Mvmt 1   Mvmt 2   Mvmt 3    ColgrassVariations



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