The Bless'd Viola

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Shostakovich's Viola Sonata - his last and most devastating work

[snyprrr]

Not much going on in Violaland...

Checking out the Penderecki, Schnittke, and Martinu Concertos...

[torut]

Weinberg wrote several solo viola sonatas although I have yet to hear any of them.

I'm very interested in this, but has not heard it yet.

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Mieczysław Weinberg (1919–1996)
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, op. 28 (1945) ~ Version for Viola and Piano
Sonata for Viola Solo No. 1, op. 107 (1971)
Sonata for Viola Solo No. 2, op. 123 (1978)
Sonata for Viola Solo No. 3, op. 135 (1982)
Sonata for Viola Solo No. 4, op. 136 (1983)

Fyodor Druzhinin (1932–2007)
Sonata for Viola Solo (1959)

[Philo]

The great Liza Lim answers this beck and call with Amulet for Solo Viola:

http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/product/after-the-fire