Beethoven by Arrangement, Vol. I

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Beethoven's supreme logic can perhaps be more clearly appreciated here...we can experience the dedicated and delightful musicianship that these players bring to this wonderful music...The performances... — International Record Review, March 2011 More…

Release Date: 31st Jan 2011
Catalogue No: TOCC0108
Label: Toccata Classics
Length: 78 minutes

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Beethoven: Viola Sonata in A major: fragment

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Paul Silverthorne, David Owen Norris

Beethoven: Horn Sonata in F major, Op. 17

Work length11:24

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Paul Silverthorne, David Owen Norris

I. Allegro moderato (Arr. P. Silverthorne for viola and piano)

Track length5:36

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II. Poco adagio, quasi andante - (Arr. P. Silverthorne for viola and piano)

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III. Rondo. Allegro moderato (Arr. P. Silverthorne for viola and piano)

Track length4:43

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Beethoven: Nocturne in D major for piano & viola, Op. 42

Work length28:46

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Paul Silverthorne, David Owen Norris

I. Marcia. Allegro (Arr. K.X. Kleinheinz for viola and piano)

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II. Adagio (Arr. K.X. Kleinheinz for viola and piano)

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III. Menuetto. Allegretto (Arr. K.X. Kleinheinz for viola and piano)

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IV. Adagio - Scherzo. Allegro molto (Arr. K.X. Kleinheinz for viola and piano)

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V. Allegretto alla Polacca (Arr. K.X. Kleinheinz for viola and piano)

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VI. Thema con variazioni: Andante quasi allegretto (Arr. K.X. Kleinheinz for viola and piano)

Track length8:52

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VII. Marcia. Allegro (Arr. K.X. Kleinheinz for viola and piano)

Track length2:21

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Hermann, Friedrich: Grand Duo in E-Flat Major, Op. 20

Work length37:49

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Paul Silverthorne, David Owen Norris

I. Adagio - Allegro con brio (arr. P. Silverthorne) [After L. Van Beethoven]

Track length8:16

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II. Adagio cantabile (arr. P. Silverthorne) [After L. Van Beethoven]

Track length7:47

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III. Tempo di menuetto (arr. P. Silverthorne) [After L. Van Beethoven]

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IV. Tema con variazioni: Andante (arr. P. Silverthorne) [After L. Van Beethoven]

Track length7:57

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V. Scherzo. Allegro molto e vivace (arr. P. Silverthorne) [After L. Van Beethoven]

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VI. Andante con moto alla marcia - Presto (arr. P. Silverthorne) [After L. Van Beethoven]

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Beethoven wrote nothing for solo viola – except for a sonata fragment recorded here for the first time.

He was, however, a viola player himself, and had already spent several years as a professional violist in the orchestra of his home town, Bonn, by the time he was 19 and began to achieve fame throughout Europe as a pianist and composer.

The reason he left nothing for viola is that there was no virtuoso viola-player in Vienna to commission works for the instrument. But he had a clear affection for the instrument, writing some of his most interesting parts for it in his chamber music – particularly the late quartets.

Many musicians, therefore, have ‘helped’ him fill the gaps: his contemporary Karl Xaver Kleinheinz (1765–1832) who arranged (and expanded) the String Trio Op. 8 as the Notturno, Op. 42, with Beethoven’s reluctant approval; and a later musician, Friedrich Hermann (1828–1907), who transformed the Septet, Op. 20, into an ambitious Grand Duo.

Paul Silverthorne, Principal Viola of the London Symphony Orchestra, has revised and improved these scores with reference to Beethoven’s originals.

He now expands the repertoire with his own transcription of the Horn Sonata, Op. 17.

The recording was made on period instruments: a Viennese Blümel piano (1865) and a Brothers Amati viola (1620).

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March 2011

Beethoven's supreme logic can perhaps be more clearly appreciated here...we can experience the dedicated and delightful musicianship that these players bring to this wonderful music...The performances throughout are first-class in every respect, as is the recording quality.

Beethoven by Arrangement, Vol. I

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