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Viola Concerto & Music for Viola

Paul Coletti

Viola Concerto & Music for Viola

Format: CD
Label: Bridge
UPC: 0090404936524
Catnr: BRIDG 9365
Release date: 02 October 2015
1 CD
 
Label
Bridge
UPC
0090404936524
Catalogue number
BRIDG 9365
Release date
02 October 2015
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About the album

Recorded at Los Angeles's Colburn School in the acoustically superb Zipper Hall, this disc brings together Paul Chihara's complete output for viola, performed by virtuoso violist, Paul Coletti. The featured work on this disc is the premiere recording Chihara's dazzling Viola Concerto. Commissioned by the Cleveland Orchestra, Chihara's concerto is a superb addition to the viola repertoire. At the end of the disc, Paul Chihara is interviewed by disc producer, David Starobin. Also available: Music of Paul Chihara, Vol. 1 (BRIDGE 9267)
Gesamtaufnahme des Viola-Repertoires von Paul Chihara durch den virtuosen Paul Coletti, inklusive der Weltersteinspielung des Violakonzerts mit dem Cleveland Orchestra und eines Interviews mit Paul Chihara.

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Paul Coletti (viola)

Paul Coletti enjoys a prolific career as a performer, composer, professor, recording artist, and conductor. Since 2003 he has taught at the Colburn School. Previous appointments include the Peabody institute, UCLA where he was Head of Chamber Music, and the University of Washington where at 25 he was Head of Strings. He has given master courses and classes on five continents. As a soloist, Coletti has performed in every major European capital, frequently on the BBC, NHK, Classical Arts and NPR's St Paul Sunday. He is a constant guest at numerous international music festivals, with orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the London Soloists, the Berlin and Hannover Radio symphonies, the New Japan Philharmonic. Paul Coletti has performed at the Sydney...
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Paul Coletti enjoys a prolific career as a performer, composer, professor, recording artist, and conductor. Since 2003 he has taught at the Colburn School. Previous appointments include the Peabody institute, UCLA where he was Head of Chamber Music, and the University of Washington where at 25 he was Head of Strings. He has given master courses and classes on five continents.
As a soloist, Coletti has performed in every major European capital, frequently on the BBC, NHK, Classical Arts and NPR's St Paul Sunday. He is a constant guest at numerous international music festivals, with orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the London Soloists, the Berlin and Hannover Radio symphonies, the New Japan Philharmonic. Paul Coletti has performed at the Sydney Opera House, Berlin Philharmonie, Kennedy Center, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Suntory Hall, and at historic sites such as the 4th-century San Miniato al Monte in Florence. He has been a featured soloist at the International Viola Congresses of Chicago (where he performed on Paganini's Stradivarius viola), Seattle, Tempe, Cincinnati, and Redlands CA.
A prolific recording artist, Coletti has been Grammy nominated, and has won accolades for his Hyperion recording English Music for Viola, which won best CD awards from Gramophone and BBC Music magazines and was named one of the 100 best CDs of all time. With the Menuhin Festival Piano Quartet recording of Brahms piano quartets he won the ’Forderpreiz’ in Zurich for Europe's best chamber music recording of the year, and in Japan with his pioneering group Typhoon three Sony CD's reached No.1 in the classical charts.
For Chihara's viola concerto in 2013 Fanfare Magazine wrote, "I don't believe there is a better violist currently on the musical scene today, and few that can match the standard set by this artist.” At 23, Paul Coletti made his debuts in New York, San Francisco and at his hometown Edinburgh Festival. The New York Times wrote, “The violist Paul Coletti is a remarkable musician with a distinct artistic personality that is entirely his own. Although Mr. Coletti has an impeccable technique, there is nothing ostentatious about his playing; the mastery is there and needs no promotional fanfare. He is an elegant artist who enhances all he plays.” The San Francisco Examiner wrote, “He reminds me of a few times when I had the privilege of hearing the great William Primrose at his best”. The Scotsman in its headline called him "A major disappointment."
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Yehuda Gilad (conductor)

Ben Ullery (viola)

Gina Coletti (viola)

Jack Van Geem (percussion)

Jack Van Geem has been the principal percussion and assistant timpanist of the San Francisco Symphony for 23 years. He has performed and recorded with the symphony as a mallet soloist, solo timpanist, snare drum soloist and featured solo percussionist. Before joining the Symphony in 1981, he performed for five years with the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra. He studied in Germany with Cristoph Caskel on a Hertz Fellowship and holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from California State University–Hayward, where he also taught. In addition to his work with the San Francisco Symphony, Van Geem has recorded and performed chamber music, music soundtracks and marimba and xylophone music. He recently finished recording a CD of marimba duets with Nancy Zeltsman and premiered Island...
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Jack Van Geem has been the principal percussion and assistant timpanist of the San Francisco Symphony for 23 years. He has performed and recorded with the symphony as a mallet soloist, solo timpanist, snare drum soloist and featured solo percussionist. Before joining the Symphony in 1981, he performed for five years with the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra. He studied in Germany with Cristoph Caskel on a Hertz Fellowship and holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from California State University–Hayward, where he also taught. In addition to his work with the San Francisco Symphony, Van Geem has recorded and performed chamber music, music soundtracks and marimba and xylophone music. He recently finished recording a CD of marimba duets with Nancy Zeltsman and premiered Island Music, a work written especially for them by Michael Tilson Thomas.

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Vivian Fan (piano)

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01.
Concerto Piccolo: I. Tarantella
01:33
(Paul Chihara) Paul Coletti, Ben Ullery, Gina Coletti, Zach Dellinger, Jack Van Geem, Vivian Fan, David Starobin, Paul Chihara, The Colburn Orchestra
02.
Concerto Piccolo: II. Allegro
02:38
(Paul Chihara) Paul Coletti, Ben Ullery, Gina Coletti, Zach Dellinger, Jack Van Geem, Vivian Fan, David Starobin, Paul Chihara, The Colburn Orchestra
03.
Concerto Piccolo: III. Allegro Vivace
01:22
(Paul Chihara) Paul Coletti, Ben Ullery, Gina Coletti, Zach Dellinger, Jack Van Geem, Vivian Fan, David Starobin, Paul Chihara, The Colburn Orchestra
04.
Concerto Piccolo: IV. Aka Tombo (Red Dragonfly)
02:04
(Paul Chihara) Paul Coletti, Ben Ullery, Gina Coletti, Zach Dellinger, Jack Van Geem, Vivian Fan, David Starobin, Paul Chihara, The Colburn Orchestra
05.
Viola Concerto: I. Beginning
05:47
(Paul Chihara) Paul Coletti, Ben Ullery, Gina Coletti, Zach Dellinger, Jack Van Geem, Vivian Fan, David Starobin, Paul Chihara, The Colburn Orchestra
06.
Viola Concerto: II. Waltz
04:25
(Paul Chihara) Paul Coletti, Ben Ullery, Gina Coletti, Zach Dellinger, Jack Van Geem, Vivian Fan, David Starobin, Paul Chihara, The Colburn Orchestra
07.
Viola Concerto: III. Calmo
04:34
(Paul Chihara) Paul Coletti, Ben Ullery, Gina Coletti, Zach Dellinger, Jack Van Geem, Vivian Fan, David Starobin, Paul Chihara, The Colburn Orchestra
08.
Viola Concerto: IV. Finale (Allegro amabile)
04:17
(Paul Chihara) Paul Coletti, Ben Ullery, Gina Coletti, Zach Dellinger, Jack Van Geem, Vivian Fan, David Starobin, Paul Chihara, The Colburn Orchestra
09.
Redwood: I.
03:09
(Paul Chihara) Paul Coletti, Ben Ullery, Gina Coletti, Zach Dellinger, Jack Van Geem, Vivian Fan, David Starobin, Paul Chihara, The Colburn Orchestra
10.
Redwood: II.
02:24
(Paul Chihara) Paul Coletti, Ben Ullery, Gina Coletti, Zach Dellinger, Jack Van Geem, Vivian Fan, David Starobin, Paul Chihara, The Colburn Orchestra
11.
Redwood: III. Coda
02:14
(Paul Chihara) Paul Coletti, Ben Ullery, Gina Coletti, Zach Dellinger, Jack Van Geem, Vivian Fan, David Starobin, Paul Chihara, The Colburn Orchestra
12.
Sonata for Viola & Piano: I. Allegro amabile
04:01
(Paul Chihara) Paul Coletti, Ben Ullery, Gina Coletti, Zach Dellinger, Jack Van Geem, Vivian Fan, David Starobin, Paul Chihara, The Colburn Orchestra
13.
Sonata for Viola & Piano: II. Tempo di menuetto
03:49
(Paul Chihara) Paul Coletti, Ben Ullery, Gina Coletti, Zach Dellinger, Jack Van Geem, Vivian Fan, David Starobin, Paul Chihara, The Colburn Orchestra
14.
Sonata for Viola & Piano: III. Allegro amabile
03:41
(Paul Chihara) Paul Coletti, Ben Ullery, Gina Coletti, Zach Dellinger, Jack Van Geem, Vivian Fan, David Starobin, Paul Chihara, The Colburn Orchestra
15.
Paul Chihara in Conversation with David Starobin
08:13
(Paul Chihara) Paul Coletti, Ben Ullery, Gina Coletti, Zach Dellinger, Jack Van Geem, Vivian Fan, David Starobin, Paul Chihara, The Colburn Orchestra
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