Saint-Saëns’ The Swan (Le Cygne) is a beautifully lyrical movement from The Carnival of the Animals. This Edition Peters edition includes separate viola and cello parts with piano accompaniment, making this famous work accessible to either instrument.

Key Features:

• For viola or cello with piano

• Separate solo parts included

• Published by Edition Peters

• From The Carnival of the Animals

• Develops tone, legato, and expressive phrasing

• Ideal for lessons and recitals

Music for Viola I – From Bach to Stamitz is an Editio Musica Budapest collection of Baroque and Classical works for viola and piano, compiled and edited by Gusztáv Szeredi-Saupe. Featuring Bach, Handel, Telemann, Vanhal, Stamitz and others, it provides varied repertoire for developing technique, expression, and historical style.

Key Features:

• For viola and piano

• Edited by Gusztáv Szeredi-Saupe

• Published by Editio Musica Budapest

• Features works from Bach to Stamitz.

• Develops technique and stylistic awareness

• Ideal for lessons, examinations, and recitals

A fiery Baroque work by Pietro Antonio Locatelli, the Sonata in G minor, Op. 6 No. 12 blends expressive depth with virtuosic brilliance. This IMC viola and piano edition is ideal for advanced performance.

Key Features:

• Italian Baroque repertoire

• Ornamented and technically engaging

• Warm viola adaptation

• Ideal for recital use

• IMC edition

Music for Viola III, compiled and edited by Gusztáv Szeredi-Saupe, is a varied EMB collection of 13 works for viola and piano. Featuring music from Frescobaldi and Handel to Dvořák, Saint-Saëns, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Fauré, it offers rewarding repertoire for developing technique, expression, and stylistic versatility.

Key Features:

• 13 works for viola and piano

• Edited by Gusztáv Szeredi-Saupe

• Published by EMB

• Wide variety of composers and musical styles

• Develops technique and musical expression

• Ideal for lessons, examinations, and recitals

Pièces de Concours – Volume 3 completes Schott’s collection of historic Paris Conservatoire repertoire for viola and piano. Featuring Concertinos by Hans Sitt, Heinrich Arends, and Léon Firket, this edition combines rarely heard repertoire with modern fingerings and bowings for greater accessibility.

Key Features:

• Three Concertinos for viola and piano

• Works by Sitt, Arends, and Firket

• Edited by Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot

• Published by Schott Music

• Modern fingerings and bowing indications

• Ideal for advanced study, auditions, and recitals

Improve Your Sight-Reading! Viola Grades 1–5 by Paul Harris is a progressive Faber Music workbook designed to build confident and accurate sight-reading. Through rhythmic and melodic exercises, prepared examples, and graded sight-reading tests, students gradually develop the skills needed to successfully approach unfamiliar music.

Key Features:

• For viola Grades 1–5

• Written by Paul Harris

• Published by Faber Music

• Progressive sight-reading exercises

• Develops rhythm, reading accuracy, and confidence

• Excellent for lessons and examination preparation

Twelve Diversions for Viola – Book 2 by Anderson, arranged for viola and published by Bosworth & Co., is a delightful collection of twelve character pieces that help developing violists build technique and musical expression through enjoyable, progressive repertoire.

Key Features:

• Published by Bosworth & Co.

• Twelve pieces arranged for viola

• Book 2 of the Twelve Diversions series

• Suitable for developing and intermediate players

• Develops tone, intonation, and bow control

• Encourages expressive phrasing

• Ideal for lessons, examinations, recitals, and auditions

• Excellent supplementary teaching repertoire

• Builds technical confidence

• Valuable addition to any viola music library

Pièces de Concours – Volume 1 is a distinctive collection of six historic Paris Conservatoire competition pieces for viola and piano, edited by Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot. Published by Schott, these rarely heard Romantic works combine lyrical and virtuosic challenges, with modern fingerings and bowings added for today’s violists.

Key Features:

• Six works for viola and piano

• From the Paris Conservatoire repertoire

• Edited by Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot

• Published by Schott Music

• Intermediate to advanced level

• Ideal for advanced study, auditions, and recitals