{"id":618,"date":"2016-05-10T20:30:02","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T19:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euler-viola.com\/en\/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=618"},"modified":"2018-03-29T19:43:07","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T18:43:07","slug":"paul-hindemith","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.euler-viola.com\/en\/tontraeger\/paul-hindemith\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Hindemith"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Sonata for Viola and Piano Op.11 No.4 (1919)<\/h4>\n

1 I Fantasie: Ruhig
\n2 II Thema mit Variationen: Ruhig und einfach, wie ein Volkslied
\n3 III Finale (mit Variationen): Sehr lebhaft<\/p>\n

Sonata for Viola solo Op.25 No.1<\/h4>\n

4 I Breit
\n5 II Sehr frisch und straff
\n6 III Sehr langsam
\n7 IV Rasendes Zeitma\u00df – Wild. Tonsch\u00f6nheit ist Nebensache
\n8 V Langsam mit viel Ausdruck<\/p>\n

Sonata for Viola solo Op.11 No.5<\/h4>\n

9 I Lebhaft, aber nicht geeilt
\n10 II M\u00e4\u00dfig schnell, mit viel W\u00e4rme vorgetragen
\n11 III Scherzo: Schnell
\n12 IV In Form und Zeitma\u00df einer Passacaglia. Das Thema sehr gehalten<\/p>\n

Sonata for Viola and Piano Op.25 No.4<\/h4>\n

13 I Sehr lebhaft – Markiert und kraftvoll
\n14 II Sehr langsame Viertel
\n15 III Finale: Lebhafte Viertel<\/p>\n

Christian Euler, viola
\nPaul Rivinius, piano
\nMDG SACD 903 1952-6, 1 Hybrid-SACD<\/p>\n

Excerpt from the 3rd movement, “Sehr langsam”, of the Sonata for Viola solo Op. 25 No. 1<\/b><\/p>\n

Paul Hindemith intended to return to his actual instrument, the violin, \u201conly in cases of dire need.\u201d Why? Because the viola appealed to him so very much. And so it is not surprising that this gifted musician contributed a number of outstanding compositions to the previously rather limited repertoire for his preferred instrument. Christian Euler\u2019s new recording of two solo sonatas and two duo sonatas with the pianist Paul Rivinius now presents these works for the first time in 3-D quality on Super Audio CD.<\/p>\n

<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
\n

What the critics say<\/h3>\n

\u00bbChristian Euler and Paul Rivinius capture this apparent dichotomy ideally. They are aided in this by their instruments: Euler’s (uncredited) viola is marvelously rich and colorful, from the bright sheen of a violin to the emotional density of a cello; Rivinius’s century-old Steinway D is clean and clear, with none of the heavy reverb heard in the bass of modern Steinways. Euler’s playing is smooth as silk, with winning legato.\u00ab James H. North, FANFARE, September\/Oktober 2016<\/strong><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.euler-viola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Paul-Hindemith-Sonaten-f\u00fcr-Viola-Klavier-op25-4Satz1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Excerpt from the 1st movement, “Sehr lebhaft. Markiert und kraftvoll”, of the Sonata for Viola and Piano Op. 25 No. 4
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00bbEuler has a warm, rich tone not far from Cortese’s \u2013 as can be heard in the opening of Op 11 No 4 \u2013 but his playing has more steel than the American’s; his view of the unaccompanied sonatas is more compelling than Weber’s, akin to Hosprov\u00e1’s.\u00ab Guy Rickards, GRAMOPHONE, June 17th, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00bbWell prepared, technically remarkable and, at the end, very spontaneous Hindemith performances. Christian Euler’s sonorous and lyrical sound is very enjoyable.\u00ab Norbert Tischer, PIZZICATO, May 25th, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.euler-viola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Paul-Hindemith-Sonaten-f\u00fcr-Viola-op25-1Satz4.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Excerpt from the 4rd movement, “Rasendes Zeitma\u00df – Wild. Tonsch\u00f6nheit ist Nebensache”, of the Sonata for Viola solo Op. 25 No. 1<\/b>
\n<\/ br><\/p>\n

\u00bbChristian Euler naturally masters the extreme technical difficulties of Hindemith’s sonatas with bravura \u2013 and what this experienced virtuoso and educator gets out of these so very different works is absolutely a listening must!\u00ab HRAudio.net, August 2016<\/strong>

<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sonatas for Viola and Piano op. 11,4 & op. 25,4 \u2013
\nSolo Sonatas op. 11,5 & 25,1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":608,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[],"portfolio_skills":[],"portfolio_tags":[],"class_list":["post-618","avada_portfolio","type-avada_portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euler-viola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euler-viola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euler-viola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euler-viola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euler-viola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euler-viola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euler-viola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euler-viola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euler-viola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_category?post=618"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_skills","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euler-viola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_skills?post=618"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euler-viola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_tags?post=618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}