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Fascinated by the viola, which he chose at the age of eleven after learning the violin for six years, Amihai Grosz loves the sound of his instrument, which is so close to the human voice. He also likes the ambivalence of its timbre, midway between the violin and the cello, which in a sense reflects his own musical education in Israel, with its combination of Mediterranean influences and Russian and Germanic traditions. Initially a quartet musician and founding member of the famous Jerusalem Quartet, Amihai Grosz now pursues a solo career while holding the post of principal viola of the Berliner Philharmoniker.
For this first solo album, he joins forces with the pianist Sunwook Kim, the first Asian to win the Leeds International Piano Competition – in 2006, aged just eighteen. Together they present a programme coupling Schubert, with the famous "Arpeggione" Sonata – named after the quickly obsolescent instrument for which it was written, a cross between the guitar and the cello; Shostakovich, with the Viola Sonata Op. 147, completed in 1975, only a few weeks before the Russian composer’s death; and Yizkor (In memoriam) by the Hungarian-Israeli composer Ödön Pártos (1907-77). Amihai Grosz plays a magnificent Gasparo da Salò viola of 1570. This recording is the first of several projects for Alpha Classics. © Alpha Classics
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Amihai Grosz, MainArtist - Sunwook Kim, MainArtist - Ödön Pártos, Composer - Israeli Music Publications, MusicPublisher
2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821 (Franz Schubert)
Franz Schubert, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Amihai Grosz, MainArtist - Sunwook Kim, MainArtist
2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Franz Schubert, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Amihai Grosz, MainArtist - Sunwook Kim, MainArtist
2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Franz Schubert, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Amihai Grosz, MainArtist - Sunwook Kim, MainArtist
2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Viola Sonata in C Major, Op. 147 (Dimitri Chostakovitch)
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Amihai Grosz, MainArtist - Sunwook Kim, MainArtist - Sikorsky, MusicPublisher
2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Amihai Grosz, MainArtist - Sunwook Kim, MainArtist - Sikorsky, MusicPublisher
2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Amihai Grosz, MainArtist - Sunwook Kim, MainArtist - Sikorsky, MusicPublisher
2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Albumbeschreibung
Fascinated by the viola, which he chose at the age of eleven after learning the violin for six years, Amihai Grosz loves the sound of his instrument, which is so close to the human voice. He also likes the ambivalence of its timbre, midway between the violin and the cello, which in a sense reflects his own musical education in Israel, with its combination of Mediterranean influences and Russian and Germanic traditions. Initially a quartet musician and founding member of the famous Jerusalem Quartet, Amihai Grosz now pursues a solo career while holding the post of principal viola of the Berliner Philharmoniker.
For this first solo album, he joins forces with the pianist Sunwook Kim, the first Asian to win the Leeds International Piano Competition – in 2006, aged just eighteen. Together they present a programme coupling Schubert, with the famous "Arpeggione" Sonata – named after the quickly obsolescent instrument for which it was written, a cross between the guitar and the cello; Shostakovich, with the Viola Sonata Op. 147, completed in 1975, only a few weeks before the Russian composer’s death; and Yizkor (In memoriam) by the Hungarian-Israeli composer Ödön Pártos (1907-77). Amihai Grosz plays a magnificent Gasparo da Salò viola of 1570. This recording is the first of several projects for Alpha Classics. © Alpha Classics
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 7 track(s)
- Total length: 01:10:16
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Amihai Grosz Sunwook Kim
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Alpha Classics
- Genre: Klassiek
2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
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