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Christian Euler is a violist out of conviction and an enthusiastic chamber music player. He performed under the greatest conductors with the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra before he was appointed Professor at the University of Music and the Performing Arts in Graz in 1991.<\/h3>\n

New Release Spring 2025<\/h3>\n

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\nChristian Euler, together with his piano partner Paul Rivinius, present two Brahmsian masterpieces which foreshadow the fin de si\u00e8cle and contrast these with Schumann’s M\u00e4rchenbilder, whose fairytale-like character is reflected in the music’s imaginative narrative gesture, transporting the listener into an enchanting world full of magic, poetry and longing.<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.euler-viola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/09-Brahms-op-120-2_01_2-40min.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Excerpt from Johannes Brahms’ \u00bbAllegro amabile\u00ab, Sonata Op. 120 N0 1 in E-Flat Major<\/b>
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\n\"\"<\/a>End of April 2020, Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm released Christian Euler’s second solo recording, which he dedicated to Max Reger’s three suites for viola alone, op.131d. Here the composer\u2019s longing for simplicity and his nostalgia for the \u201cold style\u201d, which in fact permeates all his oeuvre, are expressed with admirable logicality. With Paul Hindemith and Igor Stravinsky, two repertoire pieces complement the exquisite trilogy, which also has a discovery to offer: the Passacaglia pour Alto seul by the Swiss coposer Alfred Pochon (1878-1959). … more<\/a><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.euler-viola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Reger_SuiteOp131d2_2_Andante_EULER_MDG2160_Auszug.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Excerpt from Max Reger’s Suite for viola alone Op. 131d\/2, Andante<\/strong>
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2018 Christian Euler and Paul Rivinius have set standards with their recordings of English viola music and works by Paul Hindemith, and their Vieuxtemps interpretations are guaranteed to delight avid viola fans \u2013 and not only them!<\/p>\n

The cantabile playing style so typical of the Franco-Belgian violin school and such an important influence on Vieuxtemps and then on his pupil Ysay\u00eb is especially effective when executed on the viola. When Christian Euler plays the beginning of the Sonata op. 36 and it’s long melody lines and the standout Barcarole not only so very airily and freely but also with sonorous intensity, the result is pure listening joy.<\/p>\n

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Excerpt from the Capriccio for Viola solo op. posth. by Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881)<\/b><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>In the September\/October 2016 issue of FANFARE James H. North wrote \u00bbChristian Euler and Paul Rivinius capture this apparent dichotomy ideally. They are aided in this by their instruments: Euler\u2019s (uncredited) viola is marvelously rich and colorful, from the bright sheen of a violin to the emotional density of a cello; Rivinius\u2019s century-old Steinway D is clean and clear, with none of the heavy reverb heard in the bass of modern Steinways. Euler\u2019s playing is smooth as silk, with winning legato.\u00ab<\/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><\/p>\n

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Christian Euler is a violist out of conviction and an enthusiastic chamber music player. He performed under the greatest conductors with the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra before he was appointed Professor at the University of Music and the Performing Arts in Graz in 1991. New Release Spring 2025 Christian Euler, together with his piano partner Paul Rivinius, present two Brahmsian masterpieces which foreshadow the fin de si\u00e8cle and contrast these with Schumann’s M\u00e4rchenbilder, whose fairytale-like character is reflected in the music’s imaginative narrative gesture, transporting the listener into an enchanting world full of magic, poetry and longing. Excerpt from Johannes Brahms’ \u00bbAllegro amabile\u00ab, Sonata Op. 120 N0 1 in E-Flat Major     End of April 2020, Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm released Christian Euler’s second solo recording, which he dedicated to Max Reger’s three suites for viola alone, op.131d. Here the composer\u2019s longing for simplicity and his nostalgia for the \u201cold style\u201d, which in fact permeates all his oeuvre, are expressed with admirable logicality. With Paul Hindemith and Igor Stravinsky, two repertoire pieces complement the exquisite trilogy, which also has a discovery to offer: the Passacaglia pour Alto seul by the Swiss coposer Alfred Pochon (1878-1959). … more Excerpt from Max Reger’s Suite for viola alone Op. 131d\/2, Andante   2018 Christian Euler and Paul Rivinius have set standards with their recordings of English viola music and works by Paul Hindemith, and their Vieuxtemps interpretations are guaranteed to delight avid viola fans \u2013 and not only them! The cantabile playing style so typical of the Franco-Belgian violin school and such an important influence on Vieuxtemps and then on his pupil Ysay\u00eb is especially effective when executed on the viola. When Christian Euler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-466","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euler-viola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euler-viola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euler-viola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"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=466"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.euler-viola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1096,"href":"https:\/\/www.euler-viola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/466\/revisions\/1096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euler-viola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}