Scott Slapin (viola) performs Variations by Ernst on The Last Rose

This is a remastered version of Scott Slapin's 1999 recording which was released on the now out of print "Two Viola Recitals"
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[@YNGVIRTUOSOVIOLIST]

I love this recording

[@AlastairBrownViolist]

Fantastic!

[@scottslapin]

@Heifetz101 Hi, no it was done in a studio. I had performed the full piece about 5 times, but decided it was a little long, so we just recorded these variations. We had to keep in the one with the tune played left-hand pizzicato (while there are constant 16th notes in the background.) Really awkward to do all that at once (!), and some of the stretches are huge, but it always gets a chuckle or two. Ernst came up with some clever stuff.

[@cellokid5104]

This is a truly great performance, comparable with the best ones there are for violin. Does anyone know a version for the cello which is as great as this?

[@ghyo1]

Bravo! Always brilliant, sometimes in tenths.

[@YNGVIRTUOSOVIOLIST]

Does anyone know how one can get the sheet music for this?

[@Violaduo]

I don't believe there's a viola version (that we know of!). Scott had written one out but we lost it in Hurricane Katrina, so it no longer exists. You can just use the violin version and play it down a fifth. Some people leave out a few variations here and there.....

[@zachdellinger8280]

much better on the viola