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ASIN: B0002DUSJI
Release Date: 2004-05-06
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Disc: 1
| 1. Sonata No. 1 BWV 1001 Adagio | ||
| 2. Fugue | ||
| 3. Siciliano | ||
| 4. Presto | ||
| 5. Sonata No. 2 BWV 1003 Grave | ||
| 6. Fugue | ||
| 7. Andante | ||
| 8. Allegro | ||
| 9. Sonata No. 3 BWV 1005 Adagio | ||
| 10. Fugue |
| 1. Partita No. 1 BWV 1002 Allemande | ||
| 2. Double | ||
| 3. Courante | ||
| 4. Double | ||
| 5. Sarabande | ||
| 6. Double | ||
| 7. Bourree | ||
| 8. Double | ||
| 9. Partita No. 2 BWV 1004 Allemande | ||
| 10. Courante |
Editorial Reviews Myron Rosenblum, founder and first president of the American Viola Society wrote, "Scott Slapin is a musician of great talent and abilities - a violist of technical accomplishments and superior musicality. He is a violist to watch" Virtuoso doublebassist Gary Karr wrote of Scott's playing and composing, "He has a beautiful sound with a compelling musical intensity, and he plays with a passion that demands one's attention. I especially liked his own pieces which, like his playing, are rich in emotional energy.... a very impressive display of artistry and musicality." Visit the cds section of this website to see Scott Slapin's latest cd releases. An Interview with Scott Slapin Eroica: How did you begin creating music? Scott: I began playing at the age of six. My mother made me(!) My parents (and many other relatives) are musicians. I began to compose on my own around the age of eleven or so. For me it was maybe around the age of fourteen that I didn't need to be forced to practice the viola anymore. Ever since then I haven't been able to stop. E: What musician or musicians have inspired you the most? S: In person and on record: Emanuel Vardi and Gary Karr. On record: Jascha Heifetz, Nathan Milstein, David Oistrakh and William Primrose. This is the abridged list, of course. E: How about other artists or authors? S: The list would really be too long. . . perhaps I should mention Philip Roth's novels and Don Byron playing Klezmer music. E: What do you want your music to communicate? S: This of course depends upon the piece....In general, though, there is always a certain mood/emotion I am trying to impart to the listener. This could be anything ranging from the very profound and spiritual (The Bach Sonatas and Partitas for example) to the dramatic and
- The Journal of the American Viola Society Vol. 19 # 1
"Mr. Slapin made the works sound like they were originally written for the viola, performed with dash and smoothness."
The American Record Guide
Slapin plays these works with perfect intonation and a pure, unforced tone. I am mightily impressed." -
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The first complete recording of J.S. Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for Violin and the Unaccompanied Partita for Flute (BWV 1001-1006 and 1013) on viola. This epic recording, containing over two hours of stunning virtuoso playing, is a milestone in the history of the recorded viola.Scott Slapin was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1974 into a family of musicians. He began writing music at the age of eleven, and his first orchestral premiere, at age fourteen, was a critical success in the New Jersey State Theater. He studied the viola at the Manhattan School of Music and earned his Bachelor of Music degree by the age of eighteen, making him one of the youngest graduates in the school's history. Scott began his professional career as the on-stage solo violist in the New York City production of Orpheus in Love (1992-93), a chamber opera by Gerald Busby and Craig Lucas He has premiered other works by Busby including his Muse for Solo Viola in Carnegie's Weill Hall (1994), and he has inspired other outstanding American composers including Richard Lane, David Noon and Frank Proto to write him solo works as well. In the late 1990's, Scott gave the premiere performances of Richard Lane's Third Viola Sonata and Richard Lane's Nocturne for Solo Viola, and he has recently recorded a new unaccompanied work by Cincinnati composer Frank Proto to be released at a date TBA on the Red Mark label. Scott was the first violist in history to have recorded the complete cycle of J.S. Bach's Sonatas and Partitas on the viola (available through Eroica Classical Recordings), a cd-set which has been widely featured in print and on radio. Scott and his wife, violist Tanya Solomon, often perform together as a duo, and they can be heard playing Leclair's Sonata for Two Violas on an Eroica Classical Recordings compact disc entitled Sonatas by Lane, Leclair and Handel (JDT3134). Scott and Tanya have toured extensively throughout the United States and South America as members of the Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, the Louisville Orchestra and the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra (OSESP), and they are former principal violists of the Knoxville and Chattanooga symphonies.
Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Violin, recorded on viola (reissue)
Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Violin, recorded on viola (reissue), Music, J.S. Bach, Scott Slapin
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The first complete recording of J.S. Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for Violin and the Unaccompanied Partita for Flute (BWV 1001-1006 and 1013) on viola. This epic recording, containing over two hours of stunning virtuoso playing, is a milestone in the history of the recorded viola.Scott Slapin was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1974 into a family of musicians. He began writing music at the age of eleven, and his first orchestral premiere, at age fourteen, was a critical success in the New Jersey State Theater. He studied the viola at the Manhattan School of Music and earned his Bachelor of Music degree by the age of eighteen, making him one of the youngest graduates in the school's history. Scott began his professional career as the on-stage solo violist in the New York City production of Orpheus in Love (1992-93), a chamber opera by Gerald Busby and Craig Lucas He has premiered other works by Busby including his Muse for Solo Viola in Carnegie's Weill Hall (1994), and he has inspired other outstanding American composers including Richard Lane, David Noon and Frank Proto to write him solo works as well. In the late 1990's, Scott gave the premiere performances of Richard Lane's Third Viola Sonata and Richard Lane's Nocturne for Solo Viola, and he has recently recorded a new unaccompanied work by Cincinnati composer Frank Proto to be released at a date TBA on the Red Mark label. Scott was the first violist in history to have recorded the complete cycle of J.S. Bach's Sonatas and Partitas on the viola (available through Eroica Classical Recordings), a cd-set which has been widely featured in print and on radio. Scott and his wife, violist Tanya Solomon, often perform together as a duo, and they can be heard playing Leclair's Sonata for Two Violas on an Eroica Classical Recordings compact disc entitled Sonatas by Lane, Leclair and Handel (JDT3134). Scott and Tanya have toured extensively throughout the United States and South America as members of the Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, the Louisville Orchestra and the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra (OSESP), and they are former principal violists of the Knoxville and Chattanooga symphonies.Myron Rosenblum, founder and first president of the American Viola Society wrote, "Scott Slapin is a musician of great talent and abilities - a violist of technical accomplishments and superior musicality. He is a violist to watch"
Virtuoso doublebassist Gary Karr wrote of Scott's playing and composing, "He has a beautiful sound with a compelling musical intensity, and he plays with a passion that demands one's attention. I especially liked his own pieces which, like his playing, are rich in emotional energy.... a very impressive display of artistry and musicality."
Visit the cds section of this website to see Scott Slapin's latest cd releases.
An Interview with Scott Slapin
Eroica: How did you begin creating music?
Scott: I began playing at the age of six. My mother made me(!) My parents (and many other relatives) are musicians.
I began to compose on my own around the age of eleven or so. For me it was maybe around the age of fourteen that I didn't need to be forced to practice the viola anymore. Ever since then I haven't been able to stop.
E: What musician or musicians have inspired you the most?
S: In person and on record: Emanuel Vardi and Gary Karr. On record: Jascha Heifetz, Nathan Milstein, David Oistrakh and William Primrose. This is the abridged list, of course.
E: How about other artists or authors?
S: The list would really be too long. . . perhaps I should mention Philip Roth's novels and Don Byron playing Klezmer music.
E: What do you want your music to communicate?
S: This of course depends upon the piece....In general, though, there is always a certain mood/emotion I am trying to impart to the listener. This could be anything ranging from the very profound and spiritual (The Bach Sonatas and Partitas for example) to the dramatic and
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(CD One) The first complete recording of J.S. Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for Violin and the Unaccompanied Partita for Flute (BWV 1001-1006 and 1013) on viola. This epic recording, containing over two hours of stunning virtuoso playing, is a milestone in the history of the recorded viola.(CD Two) This two CD set of shorter works includes Paganini Caprices 5 and 13, a new transcription of Ernst's fiendishly difficult variations on the Last Rose, Bloch's Prayer, Kreisler's Praeludium and Allegro, Handel's Largo (from Xerxes), premieres of works by Richard Lane and Scott Slapin, and several movements from Bach's 'Cello Suites and Handel's Violin Sonatas
Johann Sebastian Bach, was an able performer on virtually all stringed instruments, but he preferred to play the viola. In fact, he gave up being concertmaster of the Weimar court band in 1717 to play viola with the group. Bach composed the Six Sonatas and Partitas for Violin and the Unaccompanied Partita for Flute in Gothen around 1720. It is therefore quite conceivable that Bach himself played many of these works on viola. Bach later transcribed many individual movements for organ, lute and as instrumental movements in cantatas.
Each sonata begins with a slow, often improvisational movement which leads directly into a fugue. The slow movement often gives the impression of a vocal melody with instrumental accompaniment. The Third Sonata is the only exception; it has a steady rhythm throughout and gives the impression of four instruments playing at once!
The first movements always lead directly into fugues. These movements also create the impression of three (or even four) instruments playing at the same time.
The third movements are all moto perpetuos in two sections designed to display the skill and agility of the performer and to show off the brilliance of the instrument. These movements have often been performed as separate encore pieces.
The Partitas are more unpredictable in form that the Sonatas but do follow a general outline. The Partitas are composed entirely of dance movements, thus making them (in Bach's time) unsuitable for performances in church. Occasionally these dance movements are introduced by a prelude (such as in the Third Partita). Each Partita remains in the same key throughout. Often movements are simply variations on one another. In the First Partita each dance movement is followed by a double (a variation).It is interesting to note that Bach was neither commissioned to compose the Sonatas and Partitas nor did he write them for anyone in particular. It is assumed that they were written with the same pedagogical aim with which Paganini one-hundred years later composed his famous Twenty-four Caprices. Notes by Peter Rizzo.
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amazing recording.......2006-11-24
Almost Perfect.......2005-09-23
Slapin's Bach - comet in the sky!.......2004-05-18
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