Titles: Concerto No. 2, 3rd Movement (F. Seitz) * Concerto No. 5, 1st Movement (F. Seitz) * Tonalization: Lullaby, Wiegenlied, Op. 98, No. 2 (F. Schubert) * Tonalization: Lullaby, Wiegenlied, Op. 49, No. 4 (J. Brahms) * Concerto in D Minor, 1st Movement, transcribed from Concerto in A Minor, Op. 3, No. 6 for Violin (A. Vivaldi) * Concerto in D Minor, 3rd Movement, transcribed from Concerto in A Minor, Op. 3, No. 6 for Violin (A. Vivaldi) * Concerto in G Major (Largo, Allegro, Andante, Presto) (G.P. Telemann) * Concerto in G Major for Two Violas (Lento, Allegro, Largo, Vivace) (G.P. Telemann). This title is available through SmartMusic.

The Op.42 Notturno for Viola and Piano is an arrangement of the 1796-97 Serenade in D Op.8 arranged by F. X. Kleinheinz (with Beethoven's approval) for Viola and Piano. The piece is comprised of seven shortmovements. The first is a simple march while the second is an Adagio. The ensuing minuet is attractive and proves to be an interlude between two Adagios of which the second alternates effectively with a contrastingAllegro molto Scherzo section. There follows an attractive Polonaise and a theme-and-variations marked Andante. A reprise of the opening march concludes the work. Overall it is a delightful minor compositionin Beethoven's vast output.

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Par BRUCH MAX. Thanks to the premiere performance by Joseph Joachim and to the release of the printed edition in 1868, Max Bruch's Violin Concerto #1 zipped onto the road to success and has never left it since. Yet from the preface of the 'BreitkopfUrtext' edition,one can infer how things looked like behind the dazzling facade. After the world premiere, the composer struggled for the definitive form. He wrote '3, 4 development sections in the finale,' and sought the advice of celebrated virtuosi such as Joseph Joachim and Ferdinand David to revise the solo part. And after all this was done (see above), Bruch suffered under the work's popularity: 'Have I written nothing but this one concerto?' The new Urtext edition is based primarily on the first edition. Next to the main source and the autograph, what is supremely interesting is a solo part with entries by Joachim and Bruch. It confirms how intensively the two men collaborated on honing the final form of the work./ Répertoire / Alto