Solo Viola Sonata Op. 25 no.1 Hindemith IV - Hector Vasquez

Finally, someone who actually knows this piece.

No, I'm afraid your comment is very bad. You obviously don't know the score, or you would realise that Hector Vasquez is following it exactly. It's supposed to be played waaaaay too fast and Hindemith explicitly wrote 'Beauty of tone is incidental'. So this is actually a very very good performance of Op. 25 IV.

BlacktoryProject is right. This piece is supposed to sound ridiculously fast and harsh; it says so in the score. Mr. Vasquez is playing it exactly as Hindemith directs on the score.

I agree!

I don't have a problem with the speed or the tone. Sometimes notes you decide to emphasize are way too long in comparison. If I didn't know it was running quarter notes I'd be confused by the lack of rhythm here.

che kazzone...

This was very bad..........very very bad=(

maybe you took the movement title too literally?

Well, I will say again something about this. I listened a second time and this is what happens 1st when you memorize a piece that you do not understand. And Hindemith is not always easy to understand. It is way too fast, for one.

No, he actually got the essence of this piece by playing it this fast. Speed > tonality in this piece.