BARTÓK By Arrangement: Music for Viola
Bartók’s chamber music for violin features some of the most important works in the entire repertoire of the instrument. The Hungarian viola virtuoso Vidor Nagy has now transcribed three of them for viola – the Second Violin Sonata of 1922, the Sonata for Solo Violin commissioned by Menuhin in 1943 and the First Rhapsody for Violin and Piano of 1928 – enriching the repertoire of his own instrument with three fiercely challenging works.
Featuring:
Vidor Nagy, viola
Péter Nagy, piano
Divertimento Budapest
Listen To This Recording:
Three Quartets for Oboe and String Trio, Op. 26 (c. 1795)
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Sonata No. 2, SZ76/BB85, for Viola and Piano
- I. Molto moderato
- II. Allegretto
- I. Tempo di ciaccona
- II. Fuga. Risoluto, non troppo vivo
- III. Melodia. Adagio
- IV. Presto
- I. Lassu
- II. Friss
Sonata for Solo Viola, SZ117/BB124
Rhapsody No. 1 SZ86/BB94, for Viola and Strings
MusicWeb International :
‘So, for those keen to hear how these three pieces sound on the viola, Nagy’s disc offers a good opportunity so to do. […]
The Sonata No.2 with pianist Péter Nagy, receives a whole-hearted reading, rhythmically quite vital and with canny dynamics. […]
The unremitting demands of the Solo Sonata are met with trenchant commitment. […]
Toccata customarily provides good and thoughtful notes, as here.’
—Jonathan Woolf, MusicWeb International