Tall Poppies
Disc No: TP 161
Price: Sek. 160 Esther van Stralen is the Dutch-born Principal Violist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Her wide-ranging repertoire interests have driven the selection of music in this recording, which ranges from stylistically rendered earlier works performed on a baroque viola, to a huge variety of contemporary music.
Included are works written for her (Kerry) to standard repertoire works (Penderecki and Britten) to previously unheard Australian works (Vine). The Piazzolla tangos are van Stralen's arrangements of violin works and the Marbe is part of a larger viola concerto. Van Stralen's superb performances bring each of these works to life, most in world premiere recordings.
Name: Fantasies
 

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ComposerOpusMusicKeyPerformer
Cage, John   Dream for viola and viola ensemble   Esther van Stralen, viola
Praeger, Heinrich Alois   Twelve Easy Preludes  
Vine, Carl   Miniature I for solo viola  
Vine, Carl   Miniature II for two violas  
Telemann, Georg Philipp   Fantasia no 7  
Kerry, Gordon   Etude for solo viola  
Penderecki, Krzysztof   Cadenza for solo viola  
Marbe, Myriam   Prologo and Aria for viola and tape  
Britten, Benjamin   Elegy  
Piazzolla, Astor   3 Tango Studies  

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