Baerenreiter Verlag

Composers: Various
Editor: Kurt Sassmannshaus
Format: Book
Instrumentation: Viola and Piano

• 14 recital pieces presented in increasing order of difficulty
• Wide range of styles included

To complement the "Sassmannshaus Early Start on the Viola" method, Baerenreiter offer a selection of recital pieces tailored to this educational concept. This edition presents 14 pieces covering a wide stylistic spectrum, giving viola players a rich body of appealing concert pieces to choose from.
The works are arranged in increasing order of difficulty, the cornerstones being two works by Georg Eduard Goltermann; his technically simple "Andante religioso" and his demanding "Adagio" and "Tarantella". Works by Kalliwoda, Faure, Grieg, Dvorak, amongst others, are included.

The editor
Kurt Sassmannshaus is a violinist and viola player, a professor of violin in Cincinnati (OH) and a promoter of violin teaching with projects in Germany, China and the United States. He continues the work of his father Egon Sassmannshaus, who set new standards with the Sassmannshaus string methods.

Contents:

• Preface
• Andante religioso op. 56 - Georg Goltermann, arr. Kurt Sassmannshaus
• La Verginella from "La Governante" - Ferdinando Bertoni, arr. Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Kurt Sassmannshaus
• Im Balladenton op. 65/5 - Edvard Grieg, arr. Hans Sitt, Kurt Sassmannshaus
• La Cinquantaine - Jean Gabriel-Marie, arr. Kurt Sassmannshaus
• Andante - Giovanni Battista Viotti, arr. Hermann Ritter
• Elevation and Consolation op. 39/3 - Paul Klengel
• Notturno II op. 186 - Johann Baptist Wenzel Kalliwoda
• Berceuse op. 16 - Gabriel Faure, arr. Kurt Sassmannshaus
• Humoresque op. 101/7 - Antonin Dvorak, arr. Kurt Sassmannshaus
• Notturno IV op. 186 - Johann Baptist Wenzel Kalliwoda
• Sicilienne op. 78 - Gabriel Faure, arr. Kurt Sassmannshaus
• Reverie - Henryk Wieniawski
• Notturno VI op. 186 - Johann Baptist Wenzel Kalliwoda
• Adagio a Tarantella - Georg Goltermann