The second and third volumes of the popular Pièces des concours series, featuring music from the scarce Romantic viola literature, have been released. The first volume was performed in final examinations at the Conservatoire de Paris between 1897 and 1969. The new publication is based on the first edition and has been made easier to play by adding modern fingerings and standard bowing instructions. This means that the pieces can now be played without prior practice.

Viola Anthology by Boosey & Hawkes

Die Sammlung enthält u. a. Werke von Béla Bartók, Benjamin Britten, Aaron Copland, Frederick Delius, Elena Kats-Chernin, Sergej Rachmaninow und Dmitrij Schostakowitsch.

Viola solo

Kats-Chernin - Tranquil Interlude on an Open D String

Kolb - Cavatina (from Cavatina)



Viola and Piano

Bartok - Viola Concerto (First Movement)

Benjamin - Le Tombeau de Ravel

Britten - Lachrymae op.48

Copland - Billy and His Sweetheart (Billy the Kid)

Copland - Zion's Walls (Old American Songs Set 2)

Delius - Sonata No.3 (Third Movement)

Rachmaninoff - Vocalise op.34 no.14

Ramsier - Road to Hamelin (Seventh and Eight Movements)

Scriabin/Ramsier - Six Early Scriabin Pieces

Shostakovich - Viola Sonata op.40 (First Movement)

Shooting Stars features 21 pieces for viola and piano, introducing new rhythms and compound time, along with varied bowing and using 2nd, 3rd, and 4th finger notes.

Contents: 

Alla marcia, by candlelight, carefree, Chinatown, coconuts and mangoes, Cossacks, five-a-side, head in the clouds, look lively!, Miles Away, Morris dancers, Moto perpetuo, rustic dance, Stiffkey blues, tarantella, the carol singers, the misty isle, the old oak tree, thingummyjig!, where the heather grows, winter wind.