Ernest Bloch's Suite for Viola and Piano (1919) combines late Romanticism, Impressionism, and Modernism, using an unorthodox structure and programmatic episodes.
Performer Biography
Pianist and composer Sandro Nebieridze's career highlights include winning first prize at the Astana Piano Passion competition and stepping in for Lang Lang at a ZDF Christmas concert.
Composition History
The album includes a newly composed work, Tunisian Rhapsody, where performers Ionel Ungureanu and Sandro Nebieridze interweave motifs from Bloch and Hruška with a jazz standard.
Compositional Technique
Jaromír Ludvík Hruška's Sonata for Viola and Piano (1949) experiments with unusual forms, blending Romantic emotions with modern harmony.
Performer Biography
Violist Ionel Ungureanu, born into a family of musicians, founded the Balkan/Jazz/New classic band Borsch4Breakfast and explores combining classical music, folk music, and improvisation.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in coproduction with Bayerischer Rundfunk - BR-KLASSIK at their studio 2 in Munich, Germany, from July 30 to August 2, 2024.
Composition History
The Sonata for Viola and Piano by Czech composer Jaromír Ludvík Hruška (1949) is presented as a first recording, enriching the viola literature.
You might also enjoy...
Henri Vieuxtemps: Complete Works for Viola & Piano
Fathers & Daughters
Violent Viola
Vieuxtemps: Viola and Piano Music
Hindemith: Sonatas for Viola and Piano
Ligeti, Prokofiev, Roslavets: Works for Viola
The Romantic Viola
Mathis Rochat: Rachmaninoff Stories
Shostakovich: Viola Sonatas - Viola Suite
Bela Bartok, Manuel De Falla, Rebecca Clarke, Robert Schumann & Zoltán Kódaly: Märchenbilder - Meisterwerke Für Viola Und Klavier (Fairy Tale Pictures - Masterworks for Viola and Piano)
Vieuxtemps: Works for Viola and Piano
Fin de siècle: Late Romantic Music for Viola & Piano
