{"id":912,"date":"2020-03-19T21:54:04","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T20:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euler-viola.com\/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=912"},"modified":"2025-05-01T17:14:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T16:14:52","slug":"new-release-4-2020-viola-solo","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.euler-viola.com\/en\/tontraeger\/new-release-4-2020-viola-solo\/","title":{"rendered":"Viola Solo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.euler-viola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MaxReger_SuiteOp131d3_Allegrovivace_EULER_MDG2160.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\nMax Reger, Suite Op. 131d\/3, Allegro vivace<\/strong><\/p>\n

Max Reger (1873-1916)
\n Suites for solo viola, Op. 131d, 1<\/h4>\n

1 I Molto ostenuto
\n2 II Vivace
\n3 III Andante sostenuto
\n4 IV Molto vivace<\/p>\n

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
\nSonata for solo viola (1937)<\/h4>\n

5 I Lebhafte Halbe
\n6 II Langsame Viertel \u2013 Lebhaft
\n7 III M\u00e4\u00dfig schnelle Viertel<\/p>\n

Max Reger (1873-1916)
\nSuites for solo viola, Op. 131d, 2<\/h4>\n

8 I Con moto
\n9 II Andante
\n10 III Allegretto
\n11 IV Vivace<\/p>\n

Alfred Pochon (1878-1959)
\nPassacaglia pour alto seul<\/h4>\n

12 Sostenuto ed espressivo<\/p>\n

Max Reger (1873-1916)
\nSuites for solo viola, Op. 131d, 3<\/h4>\n

13 I Moderato
\n14 II Vivace
\n15 III Adagio
\n16 IV Allegro vivace<\/p>\n

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
\n\u00c9l\u00e9gie for solo viola<\/h4>\n

17 Lento<\/p>\n

Christian Euler, Viola
\nMDG SACD 903 2160-6, 1 Hybrid-SACD<\/p>\n

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Information<\/h3>\n

Christian Euler dares to do what not many dare to do: he performs an entire hour of music for viola solo, without accompaniment. Euler\u2019s full, warm, and highly nuanced tone echoes through this demanding, yet entertaining program presenting some classics as well as several rarities.<\/p>\n

Alfred Pochon\u2019s Passacaglia was composed as a competition piece. Bach\u2019s great Chaconne for violin solo is recognizably its model, even in detail, and yet Pochon, who celebrated considerable
\nsuccesses as a chamber musician during the first decades of the twentieth century, finds a genuinely authentic tone for the viola. Euler\u2019s intense and rich treatment of tone transforms this work, which
\nPochon must have composed merely on the side, into a very special, opulent sound experience.<\/p>\n

Reger too \u2013 how could it be otherwise? \u2013 followed Bach\u2019s example and wrote a special recommendation for the viola with a total of three Solo Suites for this instrument. Christian Euler of
\ncourse masters the immense technical demands with bravura. Moreover, even though the texture repeatedly is bold harmonically, his musical realization of it is very discerning, very much to the
\nadvantage of these underestimated gems.<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.euler-viola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Igor_Strawinsky_Elegie_Lento_EULER_MDG2160_Auszug.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\nExcerpt from Igor Strawinskys \u00c9l\u00e9gie for viola alone, Lento<\/strong><\/p>\n

What the critics say<\/h3>\n

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Nominated for the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik<\/em> 3\/2020<\/h4>\n

 
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\u201cThey demand a viola player with considerable skills. Intonation must be perfect. Euler doesn\u2019t just play the viola well; he plays with his viola, using all the possibilities the instrument offers to bring out the beauty of the music. Easily shifting from warm lows to the thrilling colours of the upper range palette, he ably draws out sounds few people may have known possible from \u2018the instrument in the middle\u2019.
\n… What Ysa\u00ffe was for the violin, Hindemith was, as far as I\u2019m concerned, for the viola: A test for any violist with high aspirations. From the previous paragraph, it may be clear that Christian Euler has, in my view, passed the test with flying colours. …
\nI think that this disc, recorded with MDG’s perfect sound philosophy, should be high on anyone\u2019s shopping list. For viola players at any rate, but surely also for all those wanting to know more about this noble instrument.\u201d Adrian Quanjer and HRAudio.net, May 1rst, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cChristian Euler lends each and every piece its own distinctive, authentic voice. He can magnify the Hindemith idiosyncrasies just as well as he reinforces Reger’s respect for the past.\u201d Classical Music Sentinel, Jean-Yves Duperron, May 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

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