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The Music => Recordings & Broadcasts => Topic started by: Alan Howe on Thursday 23 November 2017, 09:42

Title: Viola Sonatas by Onslow and Kalliwoda
Post by: Alan Howe on Thursday 23 November 2017, 09:42
...forthcoming from Naxos:
https://www.mdt.co.uk/onslow-mendelssohn-kalliwoda-romantic-viola-hiyoli-togawa-lilit-grigoryan-naxos.html (https://www.mdt.co.uk/onslow-mendelssohn-kalliwoda-romantic-viola-hiyoli-togawa-lilit-grigoryan-naxos.html)
Title: Re: Viola Sonatas by Onslow and Kalliwoda
Post by: Double-A on Thursday 23 November 2017, 17:56
Something to look forward to.

BTW: In the "more info" section they speak somewhat misleadingly of an "arrangement" for viola of Onlsow's cello sonata.  This "arrangement" is by Onslow himself and appears to be part of the earliest editions (see IMSLP).  It is a case rather like Brahms' clarinet / viola sonatas.

As far as I know there are recordings of the entire op. 16 played on the cello--and also on the violin (jittery and unattractive on period instruments)--long before any of Onslow's "true" violin sonatas were recorded.