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I’ve been scouring YouTube for any new (and impressive) viola videos, and there are quite a few that I hadn’t seen before. If you are still of the notion that the viola is a second-string (sorry) instrument, then you are sadly misinformed! Enjoy.<\/p>\n
httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BFX7Ft1QGg8 httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vhAMjJmn-3k httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wdZCZlgvvLM httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yGdpkuXFIP0 httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y-i37G-HkOk httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P-D_5amCw1w httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dpzeYVebsAQ&hd=1 I’ve been scouring YouTube for any new (and impressive) viola videos, and there are quite a few that I hadn’t seen before. If you are still of the notion that the viola is a second-string (sorry) instrument, then you are sadly misinformed! 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\nRussian viola phenom Maxim Rysanov plays the last two movements of Bart\u00f3k’s Viola Concerto<\/em>.<\/p>\n
\nRysanov plays Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations<\/em>.<\/p>\n
\nNot solely the viola, but featuring Rysanov, Janine Jansen and Torlief Thed\u00e9en in Dohnanyi’s great Serenade<\/em> for string trio.<\/p>\n
\nDavid Aaron Carpenter plays the Elgar Cello Concerto<\/em>.<\/p>\n
\nDavid Aaron Carpenter plays York Bowen Phantasy.<\/em> [part one]<\/p>\n
\nDavid Aaron Carpenter plays York Bowen Phantasy<\/em>. [part two]<\/p>\n
\nTabea Zimmermann plays Berlioz Harold in Italy<\/em>. [part two of five]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"