Guiseppe Tartini's Sonata Angelique arranged for Viola and Piano by Alan H. Arnold.

Born in Nottingham England in 1862 Edmund Severn moved to the United States at the age of four along with his family who settled in Hartford Connecticut. Severn began to study the Violin with guidance from his father who taught the instrument professionally. He later studied with Franz Milcke and Bernard Listemann concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra before moving to Berlin to study bowing technique under Emanuel Wirth the first assistant of Joseph Joachim at the Berlin Hochschule. As a composer Edmund Severn wrote mainly orchestral music as well as many pieces for the Violin including a concerto; he also wrote three stringquartets.To this day the Polish Dance for Violin and Piano has remained Severnâ??s most famous work. The piece is arranged here by Alan Arnold for Viola and Piano.

Handel's Sonata in B Flat arranged for Viola with Piano accompaniment by Watson Forbes.

Tchaikovsky Serenade Melancholique for viola and piano transcribed by Alan Arnold.

Ries Perpetuum Mobile for Viola and Piano edited by William Lincer and transcribed by Alan Arnold.

Fritz Kreisler's Praeludium And Allegro transcribed for Viola with Piano accompaniment by Alan Arnold.

Jules Massenet was born in Montaud France May 12 1842. He was one of the best-respected French composers of his day and a member of the Academy and a professor of composition at the Paris Conservatoire. Massenet was very influential on other French composers in France. His students were also successful due to Massenet's tutelage. Though he was principally an opera composer he also wrote ballets orchestral works and several oratorios. Massenet died in Paris on August 13 1912.This is the Meditation from Massenet’s famous opera Thais and has been transcribed for solo Viola with Piano accompaniment by Alan Arnold.