Short Stories

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Release Date: 30th Apr 2012
Catalogue No: FDS58007
Label: Fleur de Son
Length: 62 minutes

Clarke, Rebecca: Passacaglia

Work length4:22

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Melia Watras, Kimberly Russ

Enescu: Konzertstück for viola & piano

Work length8:30

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Melia Watras, Kimberly Russ

Concertstuck, "Piece de concert"

Track length8:30

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Jolas: Episode No. 6

Work length7:31

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Melia Watras

Episode sixieme

Track length7:31

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Porter, Q: Speed Etude

Work length2:30

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Melia Watras, Kimberly Russ

Wieniawski: Rêverie in F-Sharp Minor

Work length6:44

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Melia Watras, Kimberly Russ

Reverie

Track length6:44

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Excerpt, Ligeti: Sonata for Viola Solo

Work length2:53

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Melia Watras

Sonata for Viola Solo. II. Loop

Track length2:53

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Weesner: Flexible Parts

Work length13:41

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Melia Watras, Kimberly Russ

I. Small Piece of the Story

Track length1:21

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II. Proximity

Track length1:45

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III. Local Dance

Track length1:44

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IV. Elements

Track length3:35

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V. Air

Track length2:05

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VI. Viola Song

Track length1:37

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VII. Further Small Piece of the Story

Track length1:34

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Vieuxtemps: Élégie in F Minor, Op. 30

Work length6:52

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Melia Watras, Kimberly Russ

Elegie, Op. 30

Track length6:52

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Waggoner: Elle s’enfuit for viola and piano

Work length6:10

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Melia Watras, Kimberly Russ

Visconti, D: Hard-Knock Stomp

Work length3:01

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Melia Watras

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Short Stories demonstrates the versatility of the viola. In gathering these works, I wanted to find a wide variety of sound, color, and emotional content. This collection shows the viola’s warmth and depth, while also displaying its virtuosic and expressive capabilities.

Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880) and Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881) are often regarded as violinist’s violinists. As virtuosos from the late Romantic era, they are legendary as performers, and wrote works that display violin technique, while at the same time showing an elegant lyricism.

Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979) and Quincy Porter (1897-1966) are known today more as composers than performers, but they both were prominent violists.

The viola developed into a solo instrument later than the violin, so it is no coincidence that many of the pieces on this CD are from the 20th and 21st centuries.

A great joy in my musical life is working with composers, and I feel fortunate to have been able to meet and collaborate with a number of formidable ones. I met Betsy Jolas (b.1926) at a concert in Syracuse, NY and, taken with her music, was thrilled to record Episode sixième. My admiration and friendships with Dan Visconti (b. 1982), Andrew Waggoner (b. 1960), and Anna Weesner (b. 1965) resulted in performing Dan’s Hard-Knock Stomp and commissioning Andrew and Anna to write their pieces Elle s’enfuit and Flexible Parts, respectively.

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