Arrangement for Viola and Piano-?Sooner or later the ?Romantic Pieces? will pave their way through all the salons?: thus the periodical Dalibor predicted when the ?Romantic Pieces? op. 75 were first issued by the publisher Simrock in 1887. Since then they have become some of Dvorák?s most popular works for violin and piano. Now they are being made available for violists also.Bella and Semjon Kalinowsky have arranged the four pieces on the basis of the ?Complete Edition of the Works of Anton n Dvorák?. The piano part of the original version remains while the violin part has been adapted for viola; it has been transcribed into the alto clef and includes fingering and bowing marks.With theirentrancing melodies and poetry these pieces pose few technical challenges and are thus easy to play.

Serenata Cantabile is a beautiful transcription and arrangement for Viola with Piano Accompaniment of Mozart's Quartet for Flute and Strings K.285. This piece has been skilfully arranged by Alan H. Arnold.The solo viola part is also included on a separate insert.

Par BARTOK BELA. The ?Romanian Folk Dances? are undoubtedly among the most popular works of Bartók. The earliest version is for piano (1915) and was published by Universal Edition in 1918; arrangements for many other instruments followed. Now the internationally successful violist Kim Kashkashian presents her arrangement for viola and piano. Proof that Bartók?s dances are also perfectly accentuated by the warm sound of the viola. (After the transcription for violin and piano by Zoltán Székely, UE 8474)/ Répertoire / Alto et Piano

Piano reduction-Georg Philipp Telemann's Viola Concerto In G Major. Piano reduction.The Viola is often not credited with being able to take over a soloistic role but this is completely unjust. In 1738 JohannPhilipp Eisel already wrote of the Viola as being the ?very bowels of music? and stressed that it was not only needed to ?flesh out? the Orchestral sound but also as a 'concert voice which is fully proven by the concertos andconcert overtures by the famous Capell-Meister Telemann'.Telemann?s Concerto In G Major is considered to be one of the earliest works for solo Viola and Orchestra and forms part of thecore repertoire for pupils and students. In this Urtext Piano reduction the specialist Kai Köpp has provided information regarding historical performance practice.

Philipp Maintz was born in Aachen Germany in 1977. He received his first composition lessons from Michael Reudenbach. He studied composition with Robert HP Platz in Maastricht from 1997-2003 graduating with distinction followed by a further degree in composition and electronic music with Karlheinz Essl at the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz. He has received scholarships and invitations from institutions including the Electronic Studio at the University of Liège the International Summer Courses for New Music in Darmstadt IRCAM Paris and the North Rhine-Westphalia Ministry of Culture an Artist?s Scholarship from Lower Saxony for the Künstlerhof Schreyahn and otherhonours: the Supportive Prize from the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation in 2005 a scholarship from the Wilfried Steinbrenner Foundation in 2006 and a German Government Scholarship to study at the Cité Internationale des Arts Paris in 2007 Scholarship awarded by the German Minister of Culture for a one-year stay at the German Academy Rome Villa Massimo (2010). His compositions have been performed at festivals including the International Gaudeamus Music Week Amsterdam agora-festival Paris ars nova (SWR) International Summer Courses for New Music in Darmstadt Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik musica (Strasbourg) Wien Modern Hear&Now London and the Salzburg Festival.

Madrigal est le titre donné à cette oeuvre en référence à cette forme d'expression de la Renaissance pour une pièce écrite a cappella et sans accompagnement instrumental.En effet, j'ai utilisé le piano non pas comme un accompagnateur au sens habituel mais comme un outil permettant l'écho, l'initiation des phrases ou encore leur confirmation. On pourra noter également certaines inflexions issues des musiques d'Europe centrale faisant modestement référence aux oeuvres de Bartók et Kodàly dans leurs soucis d'offrir aux jeunes élèves des moyens d'expression adaptés à leur niveau. / Alto Et Piano

arranged for Viola and Piano. Par . \'Classical Highlights\' présente, dans des arrangements pour alto et piano, les morceaux de récital les plus connues et les plus appréciés du répertoire classique. Tout altiste à la recherche d\'un classique apprécié pour l\'enseignement ou l\'exécution y trouvera quelque chose. Mais on y trouve également un répertoire adapté à l\'accompagnement musical d\'un mariage ou des obsèques. Pour faciliter la pratique, des pistes d\'accompagnement peuvent être téléchargées sous forme de fichiers MP3. L\'accompagnement au piano est disponible en PDF. / Niveau : Moyen / Date parution : 2022-10-12/ Recueil / Alto et Piano

These six dances originally written for the violin are repertoire favourites; much-loved and acclaimed by performers and audiences alike. Arranged for viola by Alan Arnold. Ed. Peter Bartok.