A complete list of Solare's works for viola (from his website): http://www.juanmariasolare.com/solare-viola.pdf Latest update: 27/01/2015

Found this CD with some interesting viola works by Spanish composer Ramón Paús (1956), performed by the excellent Yuval Gotlibovich. https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.573602 booklet: https://www.chandos.net/chanimages/Booklets/NX3602.pdf

(since mr. Ewald notes he could not find it) - The Monologue is (now) available from EMV verlag: https://www.ebert-musikverlag.de/werkdetail.php?ismn1=0816-5

Relating to my previous input - I found the link to the webshop on the Arranger's (ms. Kobayakawa's) website for the Viola Quartet version: https://www.royal-viola.com/product-page/b-smetana-vltava-from-m%C3%A1-vlast-download-edition

There exists a good arrangement of "Die Moldau" for viola ensemble (4 voices): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLmIxdr8kN4 by Mamiko Kobayakawa  Still trying to get a hold of the sheet music ...

According to Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Schwartz  Elliott Schwartz died on December 7th, 2016

A transcription of the Arpeggione sonata for Viola Quartet has been created by Ross Cohen of the famous "Absolute Zero Viola Quartet" - link: http://www.absolutezeroviola4.com/product/schubert-arpeggione-quartet/

According to this article, https://www.polskieradio.pl/8/4933/Artykul/2333823 Boguslaw Schaeffer died on July 1st, 2019 in Poland (Krakow?)

passed away

According to this news report, Wolfgang Marschner sadly passed away in March 2020. https://slippedisc.com/2020/06/death-of-a-german-violinist-93/

Published!

Harding's "June Sunrise (Idyll)" is available at Corda publishing as CMP 659: http://www.cordamusic.co.uk/viola1.html

Published!

Harding's "Renata da Capo" is available at Comus Editions (#129): https://www.comusedition.com/034_viola_ensembles.htm

3 or 6 sonatas?

The IMSLP now has this sonata bundle, it claims there are 6 sonatas total...? https://imslp.org/wiki/6_Viola_Sonatas,_Op.27_%28Bruni,_Antonio_Bartolomeo%29

2020 erschien die Einspielung des erst wenige Jahre zuvor komponierten Konzerts für Viola und Streichorchester von Pēteris Vasks. Es ist Maxim Rysanov gewidmet, der es 2016 uraufführte: https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail
Seine Einspielung ist hier abrufbar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqYAF318xIs
Eine «provosorische» Fassung des viersätzigen Konzerts in einer Bearbeitung für Viola und Klavier gibt es hier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2FJvJCt5bQ

Mozart-Verfilmung 1991

Wenige Jahre nach dem Erscheinen des medienwirksamen Films "Amadeus" von Miloš Forman (1984), der zahlreiche sensationsgeladene Mythen um Mozarts Leben ausschlachtete, wurde ein österreichisch-tschechischer TV-Dreiteiler produziert, der ein anderes Bild zeichnet und viele Perspektiven beleuchtet, die zuvor keine Rolle spielten. Diese Verfilmung ist zu empfehlen:
Teil 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRfldU6zhWk
Teil 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkAzX--Pjww
Teil 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc1wN0hpj3s

Samama Leo acted as chairman of the jury for the «4Viola» Composition Contest, which led to the submission of 86 brand new pieces for viola quartet. I am currently in the process of working those inputs (where so permitted by their authors) into the DVS Catalogue of Viola Ensemble Music.