Mikhail Zemtsov, Hanna Shybayeva - Complete Works for Viola - Vol. 1 (2025) [Hi-Res]
Artist: Mikhail Zemtsov, Hanna Shybayeva
Title: Complete Works for Viola - Vol. 1
Year Of Release: 2025
Label: Challenge Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: flac lossless (tracks) / flac 24bits - 96.0kHz +Booklet
Total Time: 01:09:33
Total Size: 309 mb / 1.2 gb
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TracklistTitle: Complete Works for Viola - Vol. 1
Year Of Release: 2025
Label: Challenge Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: flac lossless (tracks) / flac 24bits - 96.0kHz +Booklet
Total Time: 01:09:33
Total Size: 309 mb / 1.2 gb
WebSite: Album Preview
01. Horn Trio, Op. 40 in E-Flat Major (Arr. for Violin, Viola & Piano by Johannes Brahms): I. Andante
02. Horn Trio, Op. 40 in E-Flat Major (Arr. for Violin, Viola & Piano by Johannes Brahms): II. Scherzo Allegro
03. Horn Trio, Op. 40 in E-Flat Major (Arr. for Violin, Viola & Piano by Johannes Brahms): III. Adagio mesto
04. Horn Trio, Op. 40 in E-Flat Major (Arr. for Violin, Viola & Piano by Johannes Brahms): IV. Allegro con brio
05. Clarinet Sonata No. 2, Op. 120 in E-Flat Major (Arr. for Viola & Piano by Johannes Brahms): I. Allegro amabile
06. Clarinet Sonata No. 2, Op. 120 in E-Flat Major (Arr. for Viola & Piano by Johannes Brahms): II. Allegro appassionato
07. Clarinet Sonata No. 2, Op. 120 in E-Flat Major (Arr. for Viola & Piano by Johannes Brahms): III. Andante con moto – allegro
08. Clarinet Sonata No. 1, Op. 120 in F Minor (Arr. for Viola & Piano by Johannes Brahms): I. Allegro appassionato
09. Clarinet Sonata No. 1, Op. 120 in F Minor (Arr. for Viola & Piano by Johannes Brahms): II. Andante un poco agitato
10. Clarinet Sonata No. 1, Op. 120 in F Minor (Arr. for Viola & Piano by Johannes Brahms): III. Alegretto Grazioso
11. Clarinet Sonata No. 1, Op. 120 in F Minor (Arr. for Viola & Piano by Johannes Brahms): IV. Vivace
This CD is a part of a project which consists of recording all the chamber music pieces with soloistic instrumental parts for which Brahms has made viola versions. This first CD includes a Horn trio (Op. 40) and two Clarinet Sonatas (Op. 121). The 2nd CD (which will be released in 2026) features the Clarinet trio (Op. 114), Clarinet Quintet (Op. 115), Two Songs (Op. 91) and the Scherzo from FAE Sonata.
It is quite a common opinion that the last works of Brahms inspired by the meeting with clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld belong to Brahms’s deepest, most beautiful and impressive works. What was the reason for Brahms to write viola parts for these pieces? Probably, a feeling that the expressive richness of the viola would make it possible to discover these pieces from a completely different perspective: there is a special connection between Brahms’s musical world and the sonority of the viola.
