viola Archive

This trio was composed by Mozart The Kegelstatt trio was composed for his piano pupil Franziska Jacquin, for his friend clarinet player Anton Stadler and for himself to play the viola. For his friend Stadler, …

For many years my favorite violist has been Ms. Tabea Zimmermann. And her interpretation of “Maerchenbilder” by Robert Schumann is legendary: Enjoy!

The Sinfonia Concertante by Mozart is in part about an extraordinary abundance of ideas and sonorities which pour out with a seeming effortlessness, like ripened fruit simply there to be picked. The opening orchestral exposition …

Schumann’s Märchenbilder, (Fairytale Pictures) is a relatively late work, composed while Schumann was in residence at Düsseldorf as Director of Music. This masterwork shows the composer in the idiom he knew best: a series of …

Schumann’s Piano Quartet dates from the autumn of 1842, known as “the year of chamber music.” In this year, he composed not only this work, but also three string quartets, a piano quintet, and a …