Tertis and Primrose were the most influential violists of the 20th century. Yizhak Schotten, a protégé of Primrose and “one of America’s finest viola players,” (STRAD Magazine) performs 20 of their viola transcriptions.
This CD includes Haydn: Allegro from Divertimento in D; Liszt: Liebestraum; C.P.E. Bach: Solfeggietto; J.S. Bach: Komm Süsser Tod; Paganini: Caprices 5 & 13; Fauré, Après un Rêve; Rameau: Tambourin; Mendelssohn: Auf Flugeln des Gesanges and May Breezes; Boccherini: Allegro from Sonata #6; Schubert: Nacht und Träume; Brahms: Minnelied; Benjamin: From San Domingo and Jamaican Rumba; Grieg: Ich Liebe Dich; Kreisler: La Chasse and Praeludium & Allegro; Saint-Saëns: The Swan.