Dances for violin & co.
Klezmer music and classical tangos invite you to play duets with different partners.
With as much spontaneous pleasure as Klezmer Fiddle Tunes I have hardly played through a booklet yet: heartfelt melodies and lively dances - 11 as solos, 22 as violin duets - with clearly marked slurs and other ornaments, logical bowings, fingerings (up to 4th position) and harmonic indications. An essay in English knowledgeably explains the history, culture, different styles and performance practice of Yiddish music. It is accompanied by a masterfully played CD with different accompaniments depending on the character: piano, accordion, pizzicato cello. Double bass and piano accompaniment can be printed out from the CD and a weblink points to mp3 playalong tracks and German and French translations of the introduction!
The Argentinian tango specialist Diego Collatti has arranged five melodies by the famous Carlos Gardell for violin and cello of medium difficulty: real duetting with all the exciting rhythm variations of the tango! In addition to the score, a viola part is also available with many interesting deviations from the cello part. Collatti has also arranged this music for other instrumentations for the Universal Edition.
Klezmer Fiddle Tunes, 33 pieces for violin (optional piano, violin and double bass accompanying parts), edited by Ros Stephen and Julian Rowlands, ED 13492, with CD, € 16.99, Schott, London 2014
Carlos Gardel, Tango duet for violin and violoncello (viola) arr. by Diego Collatti, UE 36 656, € 14.95, Universal Edition, Vienna 2015
