Violent Viola (2006)

Okay, so the title Violent Viola is a little silly and the gatefold cover that opens to reveal the names of the composers scrawled across the performer's naked back is a bit much. But listen to the disc, listen to Dutch violist Esther Apituley perform works by Bach, Ravel, Britten, Stravinsky, and Dowland, among others, with the kind of charismatic intensity and full-frontal virtuosity that had heretofore been the exclusive property of violinists and cellists, but which, through the power of her personality and the strength ... Read More

Okay, so the title Violent Viola is a little silly and the gatefold cover that opens to reveal the names of the composers scrawled across the performer's naked back is a bit much. But listen to the disc, listen to Dutch violist Esther Apituley perform works by Bach, Ravel, Britten, Stravinsky, and Dowland, among others, with the kind of charismatic intensity and full-frontal virtuosity that had heretofore been the exclusive property of violinists and cellists, but which, through the power of her personality and the strength of her will, Apituley boldly claims for herself and her instrument. In this recital, Apituley appears in a variety of contexts: as a soloist in Hindemith's angularly expressive Sonata for solo viola, as a partner with a pianist in Ravel's mournful Kaddisch and Britten's bereft Lachrymae, as member of a viola trio in the deeply nostalgic anonymous Song from Georgia, and as leader of the Amsterdam Viola Quartet in Dowland's heartbroken Burst forth my tears and If my complaints could... Read Less

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