2 Violins (Violin/ Viola)

[jochanaan]

... the Bartok is drier than the most evocative Bartok, no?...

Uh, no.  At least, I didn't find them so.  But as I said, they were played by the two Takacs violinsts, and I was hearing them live... (That was quite an evening!  The Takacs started with a Haydn--or was it Mozart?  It's been several years--quartet, then did the Bartok duos, and finished with Beethoven's Opus 131.   They might have done one other piece as well, but my soul was so overwhelmed with richness that night it didn't make any lasting impression if they did. )

[snyprrr]

Is anyone wild about the Pettersson?  Once again, not my cup of tea.

[Maciek]

There's the Gorecki Sonata (Op.10, for 2 violins).

Oh, and there's a very short Szymanski piece, dedicated to Bristiger, I think. The title escapes me at the moment...

Ah, just remembered it! A due.

[petrarch]

I have no idea what snyprrr knows, but I was speaking about myself.

YouTube and Wikipedia can help.

[Luke]

Has anyone else heard the Dillon?

Yes - it's lovely stuff, but then Dillon's music is always lovely stuff!

[The new erato]

Please give snyprrr some credit; he knows his Nono.

Is that a yes or a nono?

Bjarne Brustad: The Four Capricci for violin and viola is a remarkable example of two closely related instruments playing together, and a very appealing piece of music.

[The new erato]

This new ECM release ought to widen the repertoire somewhat:

Thomas Zehetmair & Ruth Killius: Manto and Madrigals

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Bartók:
Duo for two violins, BB 26

Davies, Maxwell:
Midhouse Air

Holliger:
Drei Skizzen for violin and viola

Killius:
Ó min flaskan friða

Martinu:
Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola (Duo No. 1), H. 313

Nied:
Zugabe

Scelsi:
Manto for viola solo and female voice

Skalkottas:
Duo for Violin and Viola


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Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Ruth Killius (viola)

[snyprrr]

This new ECM release ought to widen the repertoire somewhat:

Thomas Zehetmair & Ruth Killius: Manto and Madrigals

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Bartók:
Duo for two violins, BB 26

Davies, Maxwell:
Midhouse Air

Holliger:
Drei Skizzen for violin and viola

Killius:
Ó min flaskan friða

Martinu:
Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola (Duo No. 1), H. 313

Nied:
Zugabe

Scelsi:
Manto for viola solo and female voice

Skalkottas:
Duo for Violin and Viola


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Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Ruth Killius (viola)

There ya go! Leave it to ECM to come up with the most intelligently planned recitals!

I just found I have Composte Terre (1992) by Stefano Scodanibbio,... typically Ardittian.

[petrarch]

If the combination of two violas also works for you, there's Mantovani's recently released Concerto pour deux altos.

http://outhere-music.com/store-AECD_1102

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

If the combination of two violas also works for you,

I think Gubaidulina did a double-viola concerto, called "Two Paths" or something like that. I haven't heard it though, nor am I aware of a recording.

[snyprrr]

I think Gubaidulina did a double-viola concerto, called "Two Paths" or something like that. I haven't heard it though, nor am I aware of a recording.

And Denisov?

[PaulSC]

I think Gubaidulina did a double-viola concerto, called "Two Paths" or something like that. I haven't heard it though, nor am I aware of a recording.

And Denisov?

Denisov has heard it, but he's not aware of a recording.

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

And Denisov?

What about him?

Denisov has heard it, but he's not aware of a recording.

LOL

[snyprrr]

And Denisov?

Isn't there a 2Viola Concerto on that BIS disc?

[snyprrr]

Does anyone have this old Hyperion disc of duos by Milhaud, Prokofiev, and Martinu. The performers are from the Domus stable, and so, the readings and sound are like gossamer threads.

This is one of the most beautifully presented recitals I've heard. The Milhaud Sonata for 2 Violins & Piano (1914), is a fairly substantial piece in Milhaud's early style: very Frenchy & Impressionistic,... absolutely one of the most beautiful pieces I've heard by him. I think it beats out the other violin piece from this era, the Sonata No.2.

The Prokofiev is also a supremely beautiful piece.

The Martinu, in his motoric neo-Baroque style, is a welcome palette cleanser.


Seek this one out. I might have gotten the last cheap copy, though,... I actually went through two vendors,... the other copies I think are going for $40 or so. Happy hunting!

[rhomboid]

Manuel Ponce


Sonata a Dúo para Violín y Viola


http://www.youtube.com/v/yAb0yOhq-Qo

[Karl Henning]

The Prokofiev is also a supremely beautiful piece.

To wit:

Rockin'!

Сергей Сергеевич [ Sergei Sergeyevich (Prokofiev) ]
Sonata in C for Two Violins, Op.56 (1932)
Veronika Jarůšková & Eva Karová

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