The Voice of the Viola in Times of Oppression, Vol. 2

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Label
Zefir Records
Release Date
May 17, 2019
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Worms, Valdimarsdottir
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 17, 2019
    • UPC
      8717774570579
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ZEF9663
    • LABEL
      Zefir Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Adagio - Allegro

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Ásdís Valdimarsdottir, Marcel Worms

    2. II. Menuetto: Allegro molto

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Ásdís Valdimarsdottir, Marcel Worms

    3. III. Andante con Variazioni

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Ásdís Valdimarsdottir, Marcel Worms

    4. I. Adagio

      Composer: Hans Gál

      Performer: Ásdís Valdimarsdottir, Marcel Worms

    5. II. Quasi menuetto, tranquillo

      Composer: Hans Gál

      Performer: Ásdís Valdimarsdottir, Marcel Worms

    6. III. Allegro risoluto - Vivace

      Composer: Hans Gál

      Performer: Ásdís Valdimarsdottir, Marcel Worms

    7. Impromptu for Viola and Piano, Op. 33

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Ásdís Valdimarsdottir, Marcel Worms

    8. I. Breit - Mit Kraft

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Performer: Ásdís Valdimarsdottir, Marcel Worms

    9. II. Sehr lebhaft

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Performer: Ásdís Valdimarsdottir, Marcel Worms

    10. III. Phantasie: Sehr langsam, frei - Schnell - Sehr langsam, frei

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Performer: Ásdís Valdimarsdottir, Marcel Worms

    11. IV. Finale (with two variations): Leicht bewegt - Sehr lebhaft

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Performer: Ásdís Valdimarsdottir, Marcel Worms


The Viola is surely not the most assertive instrument among the string family. It reaches neither the extreme height of the violin nor the rumbling depth and the strength of the cello and contrabass. It's role is more integrating than leading or polarizing; and in brilliance, maneuverability and sound projection the violin wins hands down. But if a composer wants to express his or her feelings with maximum intensity and depth, he chooses the viola remarkably often. The loss of a loved one, a repressive political system, persecution and war were more than once the motivation for the composing of music with the viola as the most important voice for expressing the underlying emotions. The dark, somewhat veiled sound of the instrument makes it particularly suited to such a role. On this album, the second of two, we have recorded Mendelssohn, Gal, Shostakovich and Hindemith. Compositions for viola and piano in which oppression, both personal and political, has played, directly or indirectly, an unmistakable role.